• Director(s)

    George Roy Hill

  • Production Year

    1982

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    136m

  • Cast

    Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close

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Film

The World According To Garp

sexual violence references, strong sex, sex references, nudity

A drama from 1982, based on the book of the same name, which centres on the life of a novelist and his idiosyncratic single mother.…

A drama from 1982, based on the book of the same name, which centres on the life of a novelist and his idiosyncratic single mother.

sex
There is an instance of masked oral sex. There are allusions to incest during a scene involving a sex worker.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Verbal references are made to acts of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, and a person receives a letter threatening rape.
nudity
Breast nudity is occasionally seen in a sexual context.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms including ‘bitch’, ‘prick’, ‘whore’, ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘bastard’, ‘bullshit’, ‘ass’, ‘God’, ‘damn’, ‘Jesus’, ‘hell’ and ‘Christ’. There are brief scenes involving gunfire, in which people are shot. There is bloody injury detail. There are upsetting allusions to the death of a child. A person takes their own life in an imagined sequence. A man behaves in a discriminatory manner, referring to women as ‘dykes’, though his behaviour is challenged.

  • Director(s)

    George Roy Hill

  • Production Year

    1982

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    136m

  • Cast

    Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close

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Classified Date:
31/12/1982
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia-Emi-Warner Dists Ltd
sexual violence references, strong sex, sex references, nudity
Classified Date:
08/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
sex
There is an instance of masked oral sex. There are allusions to incest during a scene involving a sex worker.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Verbal references are made to acts of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, and a person receives a letter threatening rape.
nudity
Breast nudity is occasionally seen in a sexual context.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms including ‘bitch’, ‘prick’, ‘whore’, ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘bastard’, ‘bullshit’, ‘ass’, ‘God’, ‘damn’, ‘Jesus’, ‘hell’ and ‘Christ’. There are brief scenes involving gunfire, in which people are shot. There is bloody injury detail. There are upsetting allusions to the death of a child. A person takes their own life in an imagined sequence. A man behaves in a discriminatory manner, referring to women as ‘dykes’, though his behaviour is challenged.
Classified Date:
21/09/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
06/11/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    08/04/2025

  • Language

    English