Film1982136 min

The World According to Garp

Name: The World According to Garp
Genre: Drama
Released: 1982
Duration: 136 min
Cast: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn

Taste attributes: dramaromancecomedyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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

Boxlist takeAn emotional drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.7 /10

TMDB · 217 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.

Synopsis: TMDB