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 has generally received positive reviews.
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The World According to Garp was released in 1982 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 307 reviews, giving The World According to Garp (1982) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 68%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The World According to Garp than critics were.
With a score of 68%, The World According to Garp is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1982, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1982 with similar scores include films like Rocky III and Forbidden Zone.
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