tediously long dreary cinematic waffle . i couldn not believe how bad this film be . i watch it merely because of the numerous people who gush about it on this site . be i watch the same film . the entire episode be one dimensional . nothing that happen in garps past affect his ( or anyone else ) future and no one be affect by their past . i think it be socrates who say about play that if a scene can be remove from a play without have any effect and then it shouldn not be there . obviously and the director do not know this rule and and so and stuff his work with one dire scene after another . even the plane crash into the house be unexpected and it wasn not a surprise and but it be unexpected . it be worth mention that at the time of write this ( 1st dec 2002 ) and even though many people say it be one of their favourite film and no one have bother to add a memorable quote . the reason be that there simply aren not any . don not waste your time watch this and watch a plank warp instead .