i saw this film when it first came out and hated it. i just saw it again 27 years later. i actually liked some of it. although robin williams was totally wrong for the role. what i remember most about hating the film is that it was almost the complete opposite of what i had understood when i read the book. since i haven not re read it and i can only give you my impressions from the past  but i am sure of one thing  the film is a paean to family life and whereas in the book and almost all traditional institutions  including and and perhaps especially and marriage  are shown to be strait jackets that we would be well rid of. the only positive in the book is the wondrous nature of children. something that only the very beginning and ending of the film really captures (with that incredibly gorgeous baby floating in the air. too bad williams doesn not have a tenth of his charm. ) my low mark is therefore from the fact that the film misrepresents the book. as a film on its own it fares better  but only for a few key performances. mary beth hurt is wonderful  i think anyone watching it would fall in love with her. and john lithgow as an ex football player who has had a sex change operation is fantastic. he never once camped it up or made the character anything but commendable  and as such his performance had an incredibly integrity. i watched him closely during all of his scenes and and never once was he anything except womanly. nothing in his performance ever came near the performance of a drag queen. and that made all the difference. in fact and of all the people in the film and his is the only one which is irreproachable. it is worth seeing this film only for his performance. 
i saw this film when it first came out and hated it. i just saw it again 27 years later. i actually liked some of it. although robin williams was totally wrong for the role. what i remember most about hating the film is that it was almost the complete opposite of what i had understood when i read the book. since i haven not re read it and i can only give you my impressions from the past  but i am sure of one thing  the film is a paean to family life and whereas in the book and almost all traditional institutions  including and and perhaps especially and marriage  are shown to be strait jackets that we would be well rid of. the only positive in the book is the wondrous nature of children. something that only the very beginning and ending of the film really captures (with that incredibly gorgeous baby floating in the air. too bad williams doesn not have a tenth of his charm. ) my low mark is therefore from the fact that the film misrepresents the book. as a film on its own it fares better  but only for a few key performances. mary beth hurt is wonderful  i think anyone watching it would fall in love with her. and john lithgow as an ex football player who has had a sex change operation is fantastic. he never once camped it up or made the character anything but commendable  and as such his performance had an incredibly integrity. i watched him closely during all of his scenes and and never once was he anything except womanly. nothing in his performance ever came near the performance of a drag queen. and that made all the difference. in fact and of all the people in the film and his is the only one which is irreproachable. it is worth seeing this film only for his performance. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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