Patch Adams
Following the life of a medical student whose methods are considered unconventional for healing by medical establishment but works wonders on patients.
14 September 1933, Modesto, California, USA
28 June 1927, Marysville, California, USA
18 February 1921, New York City, New York, USA
21 August 1943, Houston, Texas, USA
7 December 1921, San Francisco, California, USA
1 October 1961, San Mateo, California, USA
13 March 1958, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
11 January 1955, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
16 March 1971, El Paso, Texas, USA
26 June 1934, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2 July 1934, North Lewisburg, Ohio, USA
10 September 1951, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
15 September 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
June 24, 2006
An overdose of sentimental claptrap, underscored by Marc Shaiman's clichéd string arrangements.
January 01, 2000
A sure-fire crowd-pleaser!
August 18, 2007
Has obviously been made for an audience that has never seen a movie before.
June 18, 2012
Shadyac underscores Williams' comic routines with superfluous and frankly relentless reaction shots of patients and hospital staff alike crumpling with laughter.
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
Has some very funny moments, but they're all drowned out by an overbearingly sentimental script.
December 27, 2010
True-story medical tale is made shallow and sentimental.
January 01, 2000
A movie of depth and delight!
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
It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia!
