Patch Adams

Pros: children from Make A Wish used in the pediatric ward, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cons: Monica Potter miscast, character all too familiar to Robin Williams fans

I like Robin Willaims as an actor, truly I do. He has been in so many good roles in his career and has done some excellent stand-up work as well. The problem is that too many of the roles he chooses really don’t challenge him. Instead, he seems to ...

Pros: A fun film with a good message.
Cons: A tad manipulative.

Patch Adams Comedy/Drama Universal Studios 1998 116 minutes, PG 13 rating (mild language, crude humour) Director - Tom Shadyac (Bruce Almighty, Liar, Liar, The Nutty Professor) Based on the book Gesundheit! by Patch Adams ...

Pros: Interesting, based on true story, hilarious
Cons: A few slow parts

Robin Williams has to be funniest man who ever lived! Most physical comedy turns into 'stupid funny' and I hate that! But his really doesn't. Maybe he isn't always so happy in real life but you could have fooled me! So I love anything with Robin Williams ...

Pros: ummm...a nice idea - good Rod Stewart tune
Cons: cliche, cliche, cliche, forced cliche, cliche

This one was really tough to watch. Not because of the scenes that were supposed to make us cry but because it all seemed so forced. I like the ideas here! Don't get me wrong. Robin Williams challenges the world of medicine, the world of academia, and...

Pros: That Potter girl is pretty. That's it.
Cons: Read on...

Here is the final proof that Hollywood will sink to any depths. This is a joyless, lifeless, pathetic and ugly movie. The assumption here is that if they pretend to care about sick people, then it's OK to point at and pity cancer patients and the...

Pros: Funny, Fast Paced, Great Acting
Cons: none

I just watched this film and I have to say that it should go down as one of the best Robin Williams films of all time. It was everything we have grown to expect from Williams and more. I was touched at the compassion and feelings of the film. The...

Pros: An appropriately over-the-top performance by Robin Williams
Cons: Numerous sugar-coated moments, cliched characters, by-the-numbers storytelling

It's a shame when a film comes so close to getting it right. Patch Adams seems to know what it's doing and where it's going for so much of the time that its gradual descent into cheap, manipulative melodrama is a far greater tragedy than...

Pros: JUST AN ALL AROUND GREAT FILM
Cons: IT HAD TO END

Grab the kids, curl up on the couch, and prepare to be entertained!!
Don't forget the kleenex because this ones going to make you cry.

Director Tom Shadyac, with such films as Ace Ventura and Liar Liar to his credit, out does himself on...

Pros: True Story; Touching the First Time; Robin Williams is GREAT!
Cons: Recycled Scenery; Can't Watch it More Than Once; I HATE Monica Potter; Nothing Really Outstanding (Except For Williams)

Hunter "Patch" Adams finds himself on the brink of suicide, so he checks himself into a mental institution. There, he is surrounded by all sorts of mental patients, including his roommate Rudy, who is absolutely terrified of the squirrels that...

Pros: Overall a truley wonderfully movie
Cons: None

Robin Williams is one of my most favorite actors.I have always loved him since I was and child a big fan of Mork and Mindy.After that came his movies.I am hooked.He is so unique of an indivual on and off stage.I think he would be a wonderful husband...

Pros: Good, funny
Cons: touching and sad

My mom gave me this movie for Christmas after it came out. I had wanted to see it because I like Robin Williams and I've seen most of his movies.

I enjoy watching real life stories because they have a sense of meaning and let people know that...

Pros: Good for Entire Family
Cons: Can't Think of Any

I was not impressed by the commercials advertising the movie Patch Adams starring Robin Williams so I was not interested in watching the movie. One Saturday night, however, I rented the movie and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Why did I rent a...

Pros: Inspirational, funny
Cons: None

I found this movie to be really inspirational. It is great what this man did with his life. He had moved seven times in one year, and held a number of different jobs. The year is 1969 and Hunter Adams admits himself into a mental hospital because he...

Pros: There are professionals in this movie wasting their time, if that is what is meant by Pros.
Cons: Everyone involved in the making of this movie should go to jail, if that is what is meant by Cons.

I saw this movie in a theater early in its release because one of my best female friends desperately wanted to see it. But there was one provision. She made me vow not to say one word during the movie. I was not allowed to comment or make negative...

Pros: Funny, touching, wonderfully played true story.
Cons: Only that it leaves you wanting more.

Last night I watched "Patch Adams" for the fifth time and I'm sure I'll watch it at least several more times before it stops running on the satellite system. It's just one of those movies that are good enough to be viewed multiple times.
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