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.
12 March 1939, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
13 September 1924, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3 June 1935, Beaumont, Texas, USA
10 September 1951, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
14 September 1933, Modesto, California, USA
June 18, 2012
Shadyac underscores Williams' comic routines with superfluous and frankly relentless reaction shots of patients and hospital staff alike crumpling with laughter.
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
Has some very funny moments, but they're all drowned out by an overbearingly sentimental script.
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.'
January 01, 2000
A movie of depth and delight!
June 24, 2006
An overdose of sentimental claptrap, underscored by Marc Shaiman's clichéd string arrangements.
January 01, 2000
A sure-fire crowd-pleaser!
January 01, 2000
It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia!
December 27, 2010
True-story medical tale is made shallow and sentimental.
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.
August 18, 2007
Has obviously been made for an audience that has never seen a movie before.
