This movie has a good intention. I mean, nobody likes to be in the hospital, and suicidal “Patch” Adams sees this. His whole deal is to turn his life around- go from a suicidal depressed person to a doctor who will heal his patients with humor. It’s all very noble, but in order to do this, he must go around making heart-warming speeches all the time.
Plus, he’s Robin Williams. I mean, he’s very good at being Robin Williams, but do we really need to see him be himself in another movie? I mean, we could have just -shudder -rented Mrs. Doubtfire… Ok, scratch that idea. If you like Robin Williams doing what he does best, you’ll probably like this film. My aunt thought this was the greatest movie ever made, and so did a lot of people. Don’t listen to me, I hated Forrest Gump- go read The Bridges of Madison County again.
When Patch is not making speeches, other people are making speeches to counteract his speeches. Ok, ok, we get the idea. Patch is Right. Everyone else is Wrong. Will you stop with the speeches already?
Basically, speeches and all, Patch Adams is scientifically designed to make you cry at every moment. Things get a little sad when the Love Interest (Potter) dies, but come on- why did the happy-go-lucky Patch fall for the bitchiest, most sarcastic and anal-retentive girl in his medical school? And why did she, a pretty, promising young woman fall for an annoying guy who’s twice her age? They get certainly get a prize for Most Unbelievable Couple of the Month. I think this movie was based on a true story, so maybe in real life, the aforesaid anal-retentive med. student did fall for the goofy guy, and vise versa. However, in the movie, this idea was so far fetched it was just silly.
Patch Adams was a totally predictable, totally middle-of-the- road sap fest. For Cheese connoisseurs, it should be watched for the Sceenwriting 101 cheesy dialogue only.
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