The World According to Garp (1982) Reviews & Ratings

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The World According to Garp holds a 6.7/10 average from 399 TMDB ratings.

My Robin Williams Retrospective: The World According to Garp (1982) Robin Williams surprises here with a character so unlike what we typically associate with him. T.S. Garp is lower energy, even-tempered, thoughtful; there's no manic improvisation, no volcanic bursts of comic energy. Instead, Williams plays restraint, playing a man navigating the absurdities and tragedies of his peculiar life with quiet determinatio…
— badelf (8/10)

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