Patch Adams (1998)
"Laughter is contagious."
Critics Score
🎬 24%
(RT: 22%, MC: 26) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Daniel London as Truman Schiff
Is Patch Adams good?
Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 24%, but audiences disagreed.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career. Wikipedia ↗
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Top comment: "I met the real Patch Adams at a random street festival in the midwest. Pre-teen me asked for his..."