The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Metacritic63/100
400 audience votes
Key crew
- Steve TesichScreenplay
- George Roy HillDirector
Cast
- Robin WilliamsT.S. Garp
- Mary Beth HurtHelen Holm
- Glenn CloseJenny Fields
- John LithgowRoberta Muldoon
- Hume CronynMr. Fields
- Jessica TandyMrs. Fields
- Swoosie KurtzThe Hooker
- Brenda CurrinPooh
- Peter Michael GoetzJohn Wolfe
- Jenny WrightCushie
- John IrvingReferee
- Amanda PlummerEllen James
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookpregnancywrestlingwrestlerchildlessnesspaternitylovewritertypewriterreflectivegay themehomosexuality