Though not as richly realized as THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, this is still a very successful film version of John Irving's novel. Director Tony Richardson weaves a series of oddities together with this comic tragedy. Beau Bridges and family run a hotel in New Hampshire and have myriad experiences. Some are funny, some are tragic and some are just plain outrageous. There's a plane crash, a rape, a dancing bear and a farting dog named Sorrow. Jodie Foster & Rob Lowe play two uncomfortably close siblings. They both give very good performances. Paul McCrane & Seth Green play two other siblings and a very young Jennifer Dundas is perfect as the melancholy Lilly. Wilford Brimley, Wallace Shawn, Matthew Modine and a very funny Anita Morris are in it too. A oddly cast Nastassja Kinski plays Susie the Bear.
Review of The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire
(1984)
Keep walking by those open windows...
17 February 2013
Warning: Spoilers