![]() Robin Williams, in the title role, is as charming as ever, although someone should tell him to broaden his range-the ever-cheerful do-gooder à la Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society is getting a little old. To this end, he decides to go to medical school, where he clashes with the staid conventions of the establishment as he attempts to inject humor and humanity into his treatment of the patients ("We need to start treating the patient as well as the disease," he declares throughout the film). Staving off suicidal thoughts, Hunter Adams commits himself into a psychiatric ward, where he not only garners the nickname "Patch," but learns the joy in helping others. And then there are those who feel manipulated by this feel-good story, who want to smack the young medical student every time he begins his silly antics. ![]() ![]() Patch Adams raises two schools of thought: There are those who are inspired by the true story of a troubled man who finds happiness in helping others-a man set on changing the world and who may well accomplish the task. ![]()
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