The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

1982 · 136 min · EN · R · 6.7 (295 votes)
Dir. George Roy Hill · Starring Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy

Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.

DramaComedy

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

VIBE

A deeply human, often funny, sometimes tragic exploration of unconventional lives. It feels like a warm, worn book, full of wisdom about love, loss, and finding your place in a chaotic world.

quirkybittersweetthought-provokingmelancholicsteadycharacter-drivenliterary adaptationdramedycoming-of-ageidentityfamilylovefeminism
based on novel or bookpregnancywrestlingwrestlerchildlessnesspaternitylovewritertypewritergay themehomosexuality
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