Patch Adams
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25 out of 100

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4.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

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  • Starring: Robin Williams
  • 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)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 10 out of 21
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    75
    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.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    60
    Williams is a great clown, and Oedekirk and Shadyac give him room to really cut loose, and cure the movie. That’s as it should be.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Darren Bignell
    60
    So 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.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 9 out of 18
  1. Harry
    10
    Nominated for two Golden Globe awards including best Picture (musical or comedy),
  2. FrederickS.
    6
    Underrated but no masterpiece.
  3. Thatoneguy
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is absolutely terrible. It has nothing to do with the actual hunter Adams, and it practically refers to him as a criminal at one point. It also says that he worked without a license at one point, which he did not. Plus they made up a child molesting and murder story just for some cheap romantic character, which was actually Adams' friend, who was a man. This movie isn't just terrible, its absolutely disgusting. Everyone who gave this movie a positive review must be getting paid for their scores.… Expand
  4. GilbertMulroneycakesFM
    1
    No. This is a very well made annoying film. I've often said that movies NEED to be manipulative, but they don't need to kick you in the crotch to make you cry. I'm really here to defend Robin Williams, who's a damn good actor and turns out a great performance in the irritating central role of a doomed movie. Not enough to save it, because his good performance pushes with the tide instead of against it. You want a good film with Robin Williams in a serious role, rent Good Will Hunting or...there is another one. Awakenings, that's it. Or, at a push, What Dreams May Come, similarly manipulative to this film, but with imagination and life to balance it out.… Collapse

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