Siskel & Ebert Review - The World According to Garp, The Aviator’s Wife, Young Doctors in Love

[@gheller2261]

I appreciate Roger's comments on World According To Garp. Never thought about it that way, but he's right. It's also hard to believe Williams and Hurt as teenagers, but back then that's how they did it.

[@ernestolombardo5811]

"After Annie Hall and Manhattan, [Woody Allen] has really lost his way." Boy oh boy, was ol' Rog in for a surprise just around the corner with Zelig and Broadway Danny Rose, then again a few years later with Hannah & Her Sisters, then Crimes & Misdemeanors.

[@robertawesome2410]

Boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Did you ever think, halfwit , that maybe woody listened to feedback from Roger,, the studios & the public after, if his movies bombed at the box office , etc,

[@freemangriffin4953]

The critics didn't like Stardust Memories and A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - both are wonderful top-notch Allen movies - couldn't disagree more with the critics at that time!

[@MediaBuster]

The boom is in the shot at 3:54 LOL

[@mediasawdust2458]

I mean, blatantly.

[@chuck5279]

The 2nd dog of the week, written by the creator of The Sopranos, David Chase.

[@austinshinn9506]

Ebert getting to Police Squad years before it was relevant rules

[@marktosh3739]

I genuinely fretted that Gene might disagree with Roger over "The Aviator's Wife." One easily can see Roger's passion for the film and I so hoped that Gene enjoyed it, too.

[@marktosh3739]

And I'm happy one of them liked "The World According to Garp." EDIT: Oh, two thumbs up.

[@madahad9]

I absolutely love The World According to Garp. I think it is Robin Williams' best performance. There is not a single trace of the manic, improvisational Robin that can like nails raked over a blackboard when done wrong. He has a great chemistry with Mary Beth Hurt who plays his wife. I've read the novel three times over the decades and the last time I was struck how unpleasant the characters were and how the film really brought them to life, especially John Lithgow as the transgender ex-quarterback Roberta Muldoon. Glen Close is very good as his mother Jenny Fields. It is a remarkable film that spans one character's entire life and you feel that you've lived it with them, the good and the bad.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

The juvenile treatment of sex is annoying in this film. Everyone who has or talks about sex has a disaster happen. Jenny's conception of Garp was one. Garp's fling with the neighbor gets him dog bit, his wife cheats on him blowing her student- she ends up biting his dick off- ALL that weird stuff with the tongue-less girls that results in GARPS' assassination basically. Lithgow is strangely the only sane person. I didn't finish the book. It's been years so I'd have to read it again to figure out why I stopped reading it. This is too bad as the film has tons of great performances.... and it's more eccentricity than anything deep or affecting.

[@peternighswander9629]

I agree. It’s really a classic

[@middleagegeek]

As per GARP. WHAT THE HELL IS IT?

[@peternighswander9629]

I remember seeing Young Doctors in Love and people were howling. It would not be as funny today, but it was pretty good back then

[@brainliberius9530]

When did they switch over to the 👍👎format?

[@jimmuzzi1072]

They REALLY liked The Aviator's Wife: the clips went on and on.

[@merlinbalke1735]

Watching the clip from The Aviator's Wife all I could think was that young man is a walking red flag. If you see him coming run don't walk and get a restraining order.

[@PaulSmith-qs1es]

Siskel thought the director of the Slaughterhouse Five film handled it well, but I thought the film didn't work at all. Although I love the Garp film, I agree with Ebert that it doesn't really add up to much and that's because it's just a few scenes from the book dramatized. So, I suppose I think the director of the two films doesn't handle books well.

[@yournamehere6002]

I enjoyed Young Doctors in Love

[@rdoyle29]

The first "dog of the week" was made in 1972. Kind of strange to dump on in a decade after the fact.

[@Madbandit77]

Young Doctors In Love is brilliant in its silliness. Sure, you don't want incompetent doctors to operate on you, but that's the point.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

I saw Garp in the early 80s on cable.

[@peternighswander9629]

Zeke was cute

[@Frederick-t8t]

I HATED HATED HATED AIRPLANE.

[@rdoyle29]

Funny to hear Ebert consistently mispronounce Eric Rohmer's name

[@reneedennis2011]

I like The World According to Garp, but A Midsummer's Sex Comedy was awful 😅.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

The Aviator’s Wife> ahahaha. NO.

[@kengreenberg]

Roger needed to read the novel. Alas, way too late.