The Hotel New Hampshire

This is probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Pretty much the only things that happen in this movie are four family members dieing, a girl getting raped, terrorists, and incest. Oh, and Rob Lowe getting laid like ten... Full review

A friend and I first saw this movie on a movie cable station late at night in the mid 80's and were hooked ever since. It deals with many different themes and subject matters too numerous to mention here. The cast... Full review

Author John Irving's "The World According To Garp" made a decent movie not just because the director and the stars were a perfect fit--it was an interesting study of eccentric lives and behavior, and the paths the characters took were... Full review

I must say I'm surprised by all the strongly unfavourable reviews. I saw this one back in 1984 when it was first released and I loved it for the very reasons that some people here seem to hate it. It... Full review

just seen it for 1st time almost 20 years later, but well worth the wait.great acting and direction. nice story.... Full review

As my father used to say: if all say something is great, you still may not like it. If all are booing, we must be missing something.. When a work gets reactions so diverse as Hotel New Hampshire, it is... Full review

This is a story about life and the many facets of love, dreams and aspirations, and the journey of discovery we all have to make in our own way in our own time. But the single thread that runs through... Full review

As far as book/movie adaptations go, this one is by far better than Cider House and Garp. It follows the book wonderfully, with exception to minor details. I'm not saying it's a better MOVIE than Garp or cider house, but... Full review

Movie adaptations of John Irving novels are all bound to be weird and esoteric. The one exception is "The Cider House Rules", which was rewritten for the screen by Irving himself. But "The Cider House Rules" is also the most... Full review

I can't believe no one ever bothered writing about this wonderful film. Though it is in many way American – most cast and the author of the book on which the book is based are American – but this is... Full review

The Hotel New Hampshire lacks the passion and cohesion that made The World According to Garp such a memorable experience, combining Irvings episodic and probably unfilmable narrative with unsympathetic characterisation and a comic element that never quite gels. ... Full Review

John Irving revisits old themes in his latest novel: death, absent parents, unspeakable tragedy, budding sexuality in an adolescent boy, a young writer with promise. ... Full Article

Let's be clear right off the top: At the age of 12, John Irving didn't inadvertently kill a woman with a cast-iron skillet after mistaking her for a bear. ... Full Article

John Irving's new memoir of the 13 long years he spent struggling to bring his 1985 novel ''The Cider House Rules'' to the screen, My Movie Business , is all business, practically an insert-part-A-into-part-B technical primer for turning novels into... ... Full Article

From the June 10, 1985 issue of New York Magazine. I t was a Thursday night, and like all the Thursday nights in all the bars in all the cities in all the world where young people live, the Hard... ... Full Article

This macabre, whimsical, erotic, dark, seriocomic film is a complex tale about an eccentric family and the psychological and emotional maelstroms that follow them around from New England to New York to Vienna, where the Hotel New Hampshire is located. ... Full Article

From Amazon : Tony Richardson's adaptation of The Hotel New Hampshire proves that the unique qualities of John Irving's fiction are accessible in print and elusive on screen. ... Full Article