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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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Based On A True Story. 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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Written by Eric Clapton
Performed by Derek & The Dominos (as Derek and the Dominoes)
Courtesy of PolyGram International Music B.V.
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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The poem that Patch reads to Corinne is an English translation of "Sonnet XVII" by Pablo Neruda. See more »Goofs
At the Gesundheit Institute, one of the patients is watching the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup. But the audio track doesn't match the portion of the film shown on the television screen. See more »Quotes
Hunter Patch Adams: And if we bury you ass up, I have got a place to park my bike.See more »
Soundtracks
"Bell Bottom Blues"Written by Eric Clapton
Performed by Derek & The Dominos (as Derek and the Dominoes)
Courtesy of PolyGram International Music B.V.
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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I think that the critics missed an important aspect of this movie, as did many viewers who have commented before me. Too many have claimed that this movie was a drama full of comedy, or a drama that was trying to be funny. Whether the critics think it achieved that goal or not, they missed an important point. The point is that Drama and Comedy are not two seperate things to be combined. A movie shouldn't have to combine the two. The two things are already combined. This movie attempted to show that there is comedy and laughter inherent in the drama of our everyday life. If we can find it, it can help us through the drama. This is the reason we cry when we are happy and we cry when we are sad. All emotions are part of something bigger and they are more similar than we think. I think that's part of what Patch Adams is trying to say.