The World according to Garp (1982)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 131 minuten
Alternative title: De Wereld volgens Garp
Country:
United States
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Stars: Robin Williams, Glenn Close and John Lithgow
IMDb score:
7,1 (31.182)
Releasedate: 13 August 1982
The World according to Garp plot
"Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life."
The film follows the life of TS Garp and his mother Jenny. While Garp sees herself as a serious writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto, which makes her a magnet for many disgruntled women. Based on the novel by John Irving.
Actors and actresses
T.S. Garp
Helen Holm
Jenny Fields
Roberta Muldoon
Mr. Fields
Mrs. Fields
The Hooker
Pooh
John Wolfe
Cushie
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13473 messages
- 11294 votes
Good film about TS Garp who grows up with only his mother. A story about life in which the course is not easy to predict. Somewhat peculiar characters and events, without it becoming strange. Some good scenes and great acting from the entire cast. Easily 3.5 stars.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Filmkriebel
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- 10171 messages
- 4758 votes
It's a great movie, but you have to pay close attention to the details. Some talk about unexpected and unpredictable; the nice thing is that essentially everything from Garp's childhood continues or repeats in one way or another in his adult life. At one point, Garp warns his son to go swimming for the undertow, just like his mother did when he was young. Love the look between Close and Williams at that moment. And yes, the tone does have something bizarre and peculiar about it. The drama is sometimes very painful, but that is casually extinguished with some humor ( like Roberta referring to that lover of Garp's wife whose flute was bitten off during the blowjob in that accident... 
) . Also visually some fantasies: the scene in which Garp sees images from his youth through the shutters was quite original. Strong roles from Williams as the fatherless TS Garp, Close as his feminist mother, Hurt as his sweet but adulterous wife... Lithgow also looks great as the giant transgender Roberta. This movie reminded me the most of Forrest Gump; there too, the life of an ordinary Jan Modaal is portrayed as exceptional.
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