Patch Adams: Critic Reviews

94%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

23%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

0

Offensive and deeply false 'inspirational!'
Full Review » 12 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

Here is the year's least welcome technological advance, the computer-generated butterfly meant to provide a touch of magic for a film that has none of its own.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

Those in sore need of busting a gut had better look elsewhere for comic relief.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Instead of drama, Patch Adams gives us mere iconography, and wastes Williams's iconoclastic dedicated doc.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

A sure-fire crowd-pleaser!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

It suffers from excessive heart- warming itis!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

38

It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

Almost every scene triggers a sense of deja vu!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

A movie of depth and delight!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Bob Fenster Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

If I were the real Patch Adams, I'd sue for malpractice!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Keogh Film.com (Top Critic)

A perfectly fine, play-it-safe vehicle for Robin Williams that showcases both his great gift for improvisational comedy and his ability to make a heartfelt connection.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

25

Full Review » 10 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

40

Unforgivably manipulative and shallow.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

40

Indulges to the hilt every obnoxious, hyperactive, oh-what-I-wouldn't-give-for-a-tranquilizer-gun aspect of Robin Williams' performing style.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

0

Has obviously been made for an audience that has never seen a movie before.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly

38

Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

60

...Formulaic from the word go, with so many trite, overused devices that it could serve as a primer for 'things to avoid when making an original movie.'
Full Review » 9 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

17

...infuriating because it divides the world into fun-loving rebels and uptight establishment-types
Full Review » 10 years ago
Peter Stack San Francisco Chronicle

75

Full Review » 10 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

The true story of a Virginia medical student who breaks all the rules by daring to proclaim that the best medicine for patients is love, laughter and play.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jim Chastain Norman Transcript

This film wants to be loved so much, it pleads with us to believe its black and white message.
Full Review » 11 years ago
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk

38

Full Review » 11 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

90

Full Review » 11 years ago
Duane Dudek Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

This contrived feel-good film is a bit like adding artificial sweetener to eggnog.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Widgett Walls Needcoffee.com

60

Williams tries his best with the lines he's given, but they make up a sermon that we and every other character is simply bludgeoned with.
Full Review » 12 years ago