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The World according to Garp
The World according to Garp tells the story of T.S. Garp, a cute bastard who grows up in a world rocked by feminism. Whilst Garp sees himself as a 'serious' writer, his mother Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.
6 September 1944, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
12 December 1933, Carthage, Tennessee, USA
24 May 1969, Darien, Connecticut, USA
10 December 1941, Buffalo, New York, USA
3 March 1981, Scarsdale, New York, USA
23 May 1924, Betsy Layne, Kentucky, USA
19 March 1947, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
22 March 1948, Brooklyn, New York, USA
May 17, 2001
True to the spirit of the novel, the film compels us to consider the ambiguities of love, death, sex, and violence that characterize modern life.
August 26, 2002
Good effort, sometimes nearly great
February 27, 2001
seems to waver between almost sitcom-like normality, and bizarre outlandishness
March 24, 2005
Robin Williams displays the acting chops that would later win him an Oscar
