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Patch Adams
Based on the true account of a misfit medical student whose approach to healing causes headaches in medical establishment but works well on patients.
28 July 1944, York, Pennsylvania, USA
11 January 1955, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 February 1933, New York City, New York, USA
11 November 1940
16 November 1913, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
15 November 1945, Santa Monica, California, USA
December 27, 2010
True-story medical tale is made shallow and sentimental.August 18, 2007
Has obviously been made for an audience that has never seen a movie before.January 01, 2000
A movie of depth and delight!June 18, 2012
Shadyac underscores Williams' comic routines with superfluous and frankly relentless reaction shots of patients and hospital staff alike crumpling with laughter.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 24, 2006
An overdose of sentimental claptrap, underscored by Marc Shaiman's clichéd string arrangements.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!January 01, 2000
Has some very funny moments, but they're all drowned out by an overbearingly sentimental script.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.January 01, 2000
It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia!