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.
The World According to Garp is of 2 hour(s) and 16 minute(s). It is Produced By: Pan Arts, Warner Bros. Pictures. It was released on 1982-08-13. It has the tagline: Robin Williams is Garp. He's got a funny way of looking at life. It has an average vote of 6.666 on TMDB.
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