“Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life.”
The World According to Garp
6.7
386 votes·1982
·2h 16m
·MovieDramaComedy
Overview
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.
Commercial Verdict
Average
Revenue vs Budget1.7x
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Modest returns after marketing costs
Keywords
based on novel or bookpregnancywrestlingwrestlerchildlessnesspaternitylovewritertypewriterreflectivegay themehomosexuality
Cast
Robin Williams
T.S. Garp
Mary Beth Hurt
Helen Holm
Glenn Close
Jenny Fields
John Lithgow
Roberta Muldoon
Hume Cronyn
Mr. Fields
Jessica Tandy
Mrs. Fields
Swoosie Kurtz
The Hooker
Brenda Currin
Pooh
Peter Michael Goetz
John Wolfe
Jenny Wright
Cushie
John Irving
Referee
Amanda Plummer
Ellen James
Bette Henritze
Woman Candidate
Katherine Borowitz
Rachel
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Real Estate Lady
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