Patch Adams - Ultimate Edition

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Summary: Good, though predicable. Robin Williams Fans will enjoy.
Review: PATCH ADAMS is a "feel good" movie based on true chracters and incidents. The performances are all quite fine, often moving. Occassionally I had the feeling my emotions were being manipulated. The screenplay is familiar in that it presents a unconventional chracter ostracized by his assocaites who then must prove his unconventional ways to society. For me, the performers make this movie enjoyable. Other than that, I found the movie pleasant but predicable. Certainly worth watching. Except for a few crude words, it is good family viewing. True fans will want to buy the DVD Collector's edition. The DVD includes a brief 18 minute documentary featuring the real Patch Adams, along with Mark Sharman's isolated score (which I enjoyed), commentary, trailers, brief outakes and production notes.

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Summary: Patch Adams
Review: Patch Adams could only be compared with Sister Kenny, the establishment could not possiby relate to common sense in treatment, or the fact that some dedicated people have the interests of the few at heart.

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Summary: Great movie
Review: Robin Williams gives an outstanding performance. It's touching, funny, and a whole lot cleaner than most movies today. Someone said that this movie showed people being murdered, blaspheming God, and showed you how to have sex. None of this is true. A girl *is* murdered, but you don't see anything at all and don't even know that until way after it happens. She is murdered by a severely insecure man who then kills himself, but you don't see this or even see their bodies afterwards. God is not really blasphemed, but there is one part where Patch sits on a cliff and talks to God about why things had to happen that way, and he considers commiting suicide. But this doesn't happen. And for the life of me I have no idea where they showed or even mentioned sex! The absolute closest thing to that would be at the end when he graduates from medical school... I don't want to give it away because it is hilarious, but don't worry, it's not dirty or nasty. I wouldn't recommend you watch it in front of very very sensitive children, because naturally since it is set in hospital life, there are a couple deaths and serious moments. But there's nothing really bad about this movie. Anyway, after setting that straight: This is one of the greatest movies of all time. It's not one you can watch over and over and over again, as I like to do with most movies, but set viewings several months apart and you will enjoy this movie a lot. ;) It is a life-changing experience.

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Summary: Painful Like 1000 Knives Stabbing My Gentle Brain
Review: Who does Robin Williams think he is? If he were here right now I'd tell him a thing or two and set him straight. Stupid movie.

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Summary: I'll actually buy it
Review: this was a great movie . I love Robin Williams and any one who thinks that this movie is bad has no life. It was funny, sad, romantic , and inspiring. I'll actually buy it ! I've never bought a movie in my life. go Patch Adams and Robin !

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Summary: Why don't they put 0 stars for an option?
Review: Well, this is my opinion. If you want to hear God blasphemed throughout the movie, see Robin Williams naked, and see people MURDERED, then this is a perfect movie for you. But as for me, I'm not a idiotic magnet, so I don't like this. This movie had about 10 bad words per minute. It was horrible, and the way they showed people how to have sex was horrible. Robin Williams, you USED USED USED USED USED to be my favorite actor.

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Summary: It moved me!
Review: I liked this movie a lot. It was very entertaining, but I think I laughed twice. Although very uplifting (I walked away from it feeling truly blessed with what I have), It didn't live up to the funniest man on earth's (who else can I mean but Robin Williams? ) other movies. This movie is very touching, but very not funny.

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Summary: This movie stinks on ice
Review: I do think Robin Williams is a unique talent but his messianic complex is getting out of hand. I am not suprised that this manipulative piece of fluff was made or that it is bad, but the adoring reception given by much of the American public astonished me. However, the number of people who loved this film does give insight into condition of the American political system and how we wind up with the leaders we do. For this film, there should be a zero star category.

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Summary: Great Movie !
Review: I laughed the whole movie. It had everything. Humor, romance, and sadness. I highly recommend this one. It pulls at your heart.

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Summary: Comedy? no, it is not
Review: If you are looking to laugh, go elsewhere. Why this is advertised as a comedy, I will never know. If you want a good cry and a healthy dose of social outrage,then you'll enjoy this. But, then why not pick up William's better effort, Awakenings? Patch Adams is not a bad film, if it could have decided what genre to be in, it would have been better. This may be an interesting true story, but it may have been better left as a TV movie, or better yet a thought provoking essay from the likes of Hugh Downs or Barbra Walters.