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Patch Adams
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Based on the true account of a misfit medical student whose approach to healing causes headaches in medical establishment but works well on patients.
Based on the true account of a misfit medical student whose approach to healing causes headaches in medical establishment but works well on patients.
Actors:
Vilma Vitanva,
Steve C. Porter,
David Cooper,
Howard Allison Williams,
Doreen Foo Croft,
Harry Groener,
Richard Kiley
Vilma Vitanva
Steve C. Porter
David Cooper
Howard Allison Williams
Doreen Foo Croft
28 June 1927, Marysville, California, USA
Harry Groener
10 September 1951, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Richard Kiley
31 March 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Country:
United States
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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.'
Common Sense Media
December 27, 2010
True-story medical tale is made shallow and sentimental.
Miami Herald
January 01, 2000
Has some very funny moments, but they're all drowned out by an overbearingly sentimental script.
January 01, 2000
It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia!
June 18, 2012
Shadyac underscores Williams' comic routines with superfluous and frankly relentless reaction shots of patients and hospital staff alike crumpling with laughter.
Variety
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.
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.
Detroit News
January 01, 2000
A movie of depth and delight!
August 18, 2007
Has obviously been made for an audience that has never seen a movie before.
June 24, 2006
An overdose of sentimental claptrap, underscored by Marc Shaiman's clichéd string arrangements.
Dallas Morning News
January 01, 2000
A sure-fire crowd-pleaser!

