Patch Adams
Based on the true story of a misfit medical student whose unconventional approach to healing causes headaches for the medical establishment but works wonders for the patients.
1 December 1926, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
16 March 1971, El Paso, Texas, USA
19 June 1976, Santa Monica, California, USA
1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
January 01, 2000
A movie of depth and delight!
May 20, 2008
Williams pulls out all the stops in a lead role that gives him carte blanche to careen between extremes of silliness and sentimentality; he tries too hard, too obviously, much like the pic itself.
December 27, 2010
True-story medical tale is made shallow and sentimental.
January 01, 2000
Has some very funny moments, but they're all drowned out by an overbearingly sentimental script.
September 02, 2009
Indulges to the hilt every obnoxious, hyperactive, oh-what-I-wouldn't-give-for-a-tranquilizer-gun aspect of Robin Williams' performing style.
January 01, 2000
A sure-fire crowd-pleaser!
August 18, 2007
Has obviously been made for an audience that has never seen a movie before.
January 01, 2000
It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia!
February 08, 2003
...Formulaic from the word go, with so many trite, overused devices that it could serve as a primer for 'things to avoid when making an original movie.'
June 18, 2012
Shadyac underscores Williams' comic routines with superfluous and frankly relentless reaction shots of patients and hospital staff alike crumpling with laughter.
June 24, 2006
An overdose of sentimental claptrap, underscored by Marc Shaiman's clichéd string arrangements.
