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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 24 Oct 2003

The film begins to resemble the dramatic equivalent of a porno movie, with emotional orgasms spewing forth at a rapid clip…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 17 Apr 2003

Made me want to spray the screen with Lysol. This movie is shameless. It's not merely a tearjerker…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 30 Jul 2002

infuriating because it divides the world into fun-loving rebels and uptight establishment-types…

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By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Jan 2000

The picture takes too many emotional shortcuts and ends on a heavily sentimental note it dooesn't earn…

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By Widgett Walls (433) for Needcoffee.com (433) on 01 Jan 2000

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…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 01 Jan 2000

A sea of schmaltz that is even more insulting than it is nauseating…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 01 Jan 2000

A little too conventional and predictable for my taste. However, when the ending came, the whole effect of the movie was pretty much ruined…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 01 Jan 2000

This attempted tribute to the human spirit more often than not seems like it was written by a computer…

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By Jack Garner (583) for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (558) on 01 Jan 2000

Although the real-life Adams has shown great imagination as a doctor, the same can't be said for director Tom Shadyac and his producers…

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By Tom Keogh (466) for Film.com (1,892) on 01 Jan 2000

A perfectly fine, play-it-safe vehicle for Robin Williams that showcases both his great gift for improvisational comedy and his ability to…

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By Dennis Lim (218) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Jan 2000

Its simpleminded mawkishness aside, Patch Adams also represents filmic storytelling at its most corrupt…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Nitrate Online (381) on 01 Jan 2000

A genuine, heartwarming crowd pleaser, although director Tom Shadyac can be seen disgorging heapings of sentimental claptrap over this biographical…

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By Edward Johnson-Ott (361) for NUVO Newsweekly (453) on 01 Jan 2000

The whole thing plays like a really long Robin Williams' talk show appearance with a plot slapped on…

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By Mark Caro (265) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 01 Jan 2000

Almost every scene triggers a sense of deja vu…

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By Angel Cohn (149) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 17 Jan 1999

Williams isn't really playing Adams: He's once again playing himself, and the act is getting tired…

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