Storyline
Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career.
Directors
Cast
Robin Williams, Daniel London, Ryan Hurst, Harve Presnell, Michael Jeter, Bob Gunton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Tudyk, Barry Shabaka Henley, Bruce Bohne, Richard Kiley, Harold Gould, Greg Sestero, Irma P. Hall, Frances Lee McCain, Monica Potter, Josef Sommer, Ellen Albertini Dow, Harry Groener, James Greene, Peter Coyote, Daniella Kuhn, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Steven Anthony Jones, Douglas Roberts, Peter Siteri, Don West, Jason Aaron Baca
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Reviews
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.
60
Variety
Shamelessly sappy and emotionally manipulative, Patch Adams is an aggressively heartwarming comedy-drama that may be roasted by critics but embraced by ticketbuyers.
50
ReelViews
The kind of film that will work for an audience that's just interested in having an emotional experience (with a happy ending) without caring how obviously or clumsily they are manipulated. I find this sort of sledgehammer film making to be offensive, but there are those who enjoy it.
50
Could have been maudlin from start to finish. Instead, more than half the 154-minute film is riveting - filled with funny, touching bits that don't stoop to cheap sentimentality.
40
The New York Times
Low humor might count for more here if it weren't constantly overshadowed by the film's maudlin streak.
