MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 7 this week

The World According to Garp (1982)

R  |   |  Comedy, Drama  |  13 August 1982 (USA)
7.2
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 19,552 users  
Reviews: 84 user | 22 critic

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Writers:

(novel), (screenplay)
0Check in
0Share...

Watch Now

From $2.99 on Amazon Video

ON DISC

Celebrate IMDb's 25th Anniversary with Photos We Love

IMDb turns 25 on October 17! To celebrate, we put together a gallery of some of our favorite movie, TV, and event photos from the last 25 years.

See the Photos We Love

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 42 titles
created 31 Aug 2011
 
a list of 37 titles
created 30 Nov 2013
 
a list of 40 titles
created 21 Jul 2014
 
a list of 22 titles
created 27 Aug 2014
 
a list of 23 titles
created 7 months ago
 

Related Items

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: The World According to Garp (1982)

The World According to Garp (1982) on IMDb 7.2/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of The World According to Garp.

User Polls

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

When a Russian musician defects in Bloomingdale's department store in New York, he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.

Director: Paul Mazursky
Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks
Cadillac Man (1990)
Comedy | Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.6/10 X  

Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (... See full summary »

Director: Roger Donaldson
Stars: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed
Comedy | Drama | Sport
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.

Director: Terry Gilliam
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant
The Survivors (1983)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X  

Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

Director: Michael Ritchie
Stars: Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed
Biography | Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam.

Director: Barry Levinson
Stars: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran
Being Human (1994)
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.3/10 X  

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Director: Bill Forsyth
Stars: Robin Williams, John Turturro, Kelly Hunter
Comedy | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out near curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Kassovitz
Stars: Robin Williams, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Éva Igó
Seize the Day (1986)
Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the ... See full summary »

Director: Fielder Cook
Stars: Robin Williams, Richard B. Shull, David Bickford
The Birdcage (1996)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.

Director: Mike Nichols
Stars: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman
Club Paradise (1986)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.8/10 X  

Injured while risking his life to save an angry German shepard, Chicago Firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small carribean island named St. Nicholas. There, he is befriended by... See full summary »

Director: Harold Ramis
Stars: Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis
Dead Again (1991)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

An amnesiac and a private eye find they might have a past life connection.

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
...
Mr. Fields
...
Mrs. Fields
...
The Hooker
James McCall ...
...
John Wolfe
George Ede ...
Dean Bodger
Mark Soper ...
Michael Milton
Nathan Babcock ...
Ian MacGregor ...
Warren Berlinger ...
Stew Percy
Susan Browning ...
Midge Percy
Edit

Storyline

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. Written by Tony Bowden <t.bowden@qub.ac.uk>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

writing | love | friend | wrestler | coach | See All (94) »

Taglines:

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

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

Certificate:

R | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

13 August 1982 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

El mundo según Garp  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

SEK 6,533,848 (Sweden)
 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

,  »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Amanda Plummer who plays Ellen James as an adult, also starred with Robin Williams in The Fisher King. See more »

Goofs

When Garp and his mother are in New York, they walk past some prostitutes and his mother asks why they are dressed that way. Garp tells her that they are hookers, and she says "Hookers?" but her mouth doesn't move. See more »

Quotes

Mrs. Fields: [first lines] Garp? Garp?
Jenny Fields: Yes, Garp.
Mr. Fields: Garp. Garp?
See more »

Crazy Credits

The "co-starring" end credits state: "Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn Appear as a courtesy to The MacDowell Colony" See more »

Connections

Referenced in Private Practice: The World According to Jake (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

There Will Never Be Another You
Music by Harry Warren (uncredited)
Lyrics by Mack Gordon (uncredited)
Performed by Nat 'King' Cole
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

A Brilliant, Mind-Blowing Black Comedy!
23 June 2002 | by (LA, CA) – See all my reviews

Never before have I viewed a movie with such imagination, heart, and extensive use of foreshadowing and irony. Watching "Garp" makes one realize how both beautiful and morally bankrupt our society is, and that we 'truly' reap what we sow. From feminism exploitation to marital infidelity to gender-alteration, we witness the undoing of the principal characters through acts of selfishness, greed, and sheer loneliness.

This movie, however, will not appeal to the typical moviegoer, but rather to one who enjoys volatile, politically incorrect subject matter from a psychological perspective. "Garp" toys with your mind, soul, and heart from beginning to end, and its twisted humor remains as gripping as its dreadful tragedies.

Indeed, "Garp" is not for the faint of heart, but ironically, "heart" is what the movie ultimately delivers.


21 of 31 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
RIP Robin Williams bshoot80
Did one of his kids die in the car crash? patio30
The ONE thing that bothered me about this movie... jayro
The girl with the glasses: What does she represent? Rosegrls99
Did he die? braydenkp
Need help from book-readers philipstaal
Discuss The World According to Garp (1982) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?