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- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
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)
Directed By: Tom Shadyac
Written By: Patch Adams, Maureen Mylander, Steve Oedekerk
- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
Patch Adams
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6.8
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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)
Directed By: Tom Shadyac
Written By: Patch Adams, Maureen Mylander, Steve Oedekerk
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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5% Positive
1 Review
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43% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
52% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
26
5% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
43% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
52% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
A 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.
Shamelessly sappy and emotionally manipulative, Patch Adams is an aggressively heartwarming comedy-drama that may be roasted by critics but embraced by ticketbuyers.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 119 User Ratings
6.8
61% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
18% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
20% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 119 User Ratings
6.8
61% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
18% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
20% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
Hilarious, feel good, and sad. It has an amazing meaning. You can't go wrong with this one
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The perfectly acceptable shtick executed by Williams--whose I-know-you-better-than-you-know-yourself seduction techniques ought to make him a hotter leading man--occasionally justifies the relentlessly light tone of this preachy 1998 comedy-drama.
Made 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.
Williams isn't really playing Adams: He's once again playing himself, and the act is getting tired.
Oooh, this is toxic.
Audiences may find this pap brimming with heart and sympathy for the little guy, but as prescriptions go, Patch Adams is pure placebo.
In arguably one of his best roles, the late Robin Williams portrays Patch Adams, a man who decided to make his life about helping others. Adams believes that patients need to be treated not just for their physical ailments, but also for their emotional well being. He also believes that like freedom of speech, healthcare is an inalienable human right that should be provided to everyone. This is a film that was written specifically for and with the help of Robin Williams. While Adams himself admitted that much of it was inaccurate, the film fulfills it's message, by using an extreme mix of emotion and humor. While watching this film you'll go between tears of laughter and tears of sadness, in a film that will really hit home with a lot of people. This is what Robin Williams was known for, he told his stories and got his messages out, while at the same time entertaining and inspiring people to be the best that they could be. If any other actor had played Patch, it probably would have been a slow moving drama, that just made everyone sad, but Williams made the story one that made you think and it sticks with you. As it recent weeks it has come to light that Williams himself was sick, and this may be the reason he took his own life, I can't help but wonder if on that night, had he watched this film, would the outcome have been different?
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I admire the humanitarian spirit this movie expressed and also understand it is necessary to make adaptions in order to make it more drastic,but there is a lot of over-acting, and I'm afraid it presents inaccurate images about medical schools and the affiliated hospitals.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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It wasn't one of Robin Williams' best acting performances, in fact, on the whole, it is actually one of the worst. The rather poor graphic quality cannot be justified by the fact that we were in 1998, especially if only a year before a colossal of the caliber of Titanic had been produced. Painful film to watch, not because its contents are painful, indeed, but precisely because it hurts your eyes.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
