The World According to GarpMovie Review

Based on the novel by John Irving, The World According to Garp as captured by

George Roy Hill, is a lively, off kilter drama with a grotesque comedic appeal.

Garp, (Robin Williams) is the product of a not so orthodox ‘relationship’ between his mother,

Jenny Fields, (Glenn Close) the strong minded, strong willed, ahead of her time, ‘radical feminist’

and an unlikely injured pilot. The twists carry us through a stretch of sporadic scenes of a young

Garp from childhood to man.

In his pursuit to become a ‘real’ writer Garp is overshadowed by his mothers seemi...