- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Release Date: Dec 25, 1998
- Starring: Robin Williams
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Summary:
Robin Williams is Patch Adams - a doctor who believes in laughter as medicine and will do just about anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career. (Universal)
- Director: Tom Shadyac
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 21
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Mixed: 10 out of 21
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Negative: 10 out of 21
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75A perfect vehicle for Robin Williams. He again plays the compassionate, manic clown that has been his main character throughout his movie career. And audiences love his wild end runs.
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60Williams is a great clown, and Oedekirk and Shadyac give him room to really cut loose, and cure the movie. Thats as it should be.
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60So the prognosis is generally positive, though there may be a touch too much sugar in this motion picture panacea, which is, in places, shamelessly sentimental to an extraordinarily manipulative degree.
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38Made me want to spray the screen with Lysol. This movie is shameless. It's not merely a tearjerker. It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 18
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Mixed: 0 out of 18
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Negative: 9 out of 18
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Harry10Nominated for two Golden Globe awards including best Picture (musical or comedy),
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FrederickS.6Underrated but no masterpiece.
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