Review of Patch Adams

Patch Adams (1998)
6/10
A nice movie, but a stereotyped script.
19 January 1999
I cannot say this movie was bad. I saw Robin Williams having a good time and making us having a good time. I saw a good story about how to treat people as equals that came from the real "Patch Adams" book. And the actors were doing a good performance. The real problem of the movie is the script, which tastes like canned vegetables. It is stereotyped to the maximum, beginning from the excuses, as the Meat Packers Gran Gala, for letting Mr. Williams perform his natural gift, to the escalation of "The Bad Guy", "The Bad Guy that helps the good guy not forgetting his mission", "The final audience". It is all too line-assembled to be appreciated. The parts that were prepared to move the audience really moved me, but also left me with a the bitter taste that I was cheated of the truthfulness. But, since the message is so strong and needed by our society, nearly all the problems of the scripts can be forgiven.
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