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Patch Adams (1998) 6.3
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Reviews: 347 user | 103 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com A medical student in the 70's treats patients, illegally, using humor. Director:Tom Shadyac |
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Patch Adams is determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. Unfortunately, the medical and scientific community does not appreciate his methods of healing the sick, while the actual patients, medical professors, and hospital nurses all appreciate the work *he* can do, because they are unable to do it. Written by Ari Herzog <ari@ici.net>
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Laughter is contagious. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and crude humor | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 December 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Docteur Patch See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£786,778 (UK) (12 March 1999)Gross:
$135,014,968 (USA) (28 May 1999)Company Credits
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Hunter Patch Adams: Four.
Arthur Mendelson: No no! Look beyond the fingers! Now tell me how many you see.
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From the film Duck Soup
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Arranged and adapted by Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
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Patch's (Robin Williams) roommate in the mental hospital is played by Michael Jeter. In The Fisher King, Jeter also played an insane companion of Williams'. See more »Goofs
At one point in the movie, Patch says that humans are the only organisms on earth that kill their own kind; this is not the case - chimpanzees also do this, and sharks eat their young. See more »Quotes
Arthur Mendelson: How many fingers do you see?Hunter Patch Adams: Four.
Arthur Mendelson: No no! Look beyond the fingers! Now tell me how many you see.
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Soundtracks
"All God's Chillen Got Wings"From the film Duck Soup
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Arranged and adapted by Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
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There are a lot of sugary clichés I use - in a nice way - to describe this story about a doctor with a good heart who truly believes in the healing power of laughter. Based on a real-life person (who looks a lot wackier than Robin Williams, who plays him in this movie), the story has its usual rebel fights-the- straight-laced-establishment cliché but is a warm, sentimental film that can't help but make you feel really good when it's all over. It's hardly all sugar, either, as there are not only frustrations but an immensely-shocking tragedy in here.
For a nice "family" movie, the profanity and sexual innuendos are a little much, so I don't think is one for the kids. (They wouldn't like it anyway.) Adults shouldn't mind. The language isn't that bad, anyway.
"Patch's" remedy for not only sickness but to get-the-girl is humor. It takes him awhile but he softens the hard-shell woman he's after (Monica Potter) and even the super stiff-ass roommate (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in the end. This film is tailor-made for Williams and his great sense of humor and ability to ad-lib. He has a lot of funny lines in here.
There is one little kid in here who's smile is one of the best I've ever seen on a human being, and I wish the boy had more scenes. The touches of sentimentality he brings, along with the laughter, is wonderful to see and heart- warming, to say the least. This is an inspiring story with comedy and romance and drama. That's what makes it so effective: a good combination of genres. One minute you're laughing, a few minutes later you have tears in your eyes.
A wonderful story, nicely acted and nicely told.