Low humor might count for more here if it weren't constantly overshadowed by the film's maudlin streak. The whiff of "Ace Ventura" extends to proctologist jokes, gynecologist jokes (including a big, bawdy sight gag) and masturbation jokes. The writer, Steve Oedekerk) behind some Jim Carrey films.
To save the material from utter oblivion, he also does his share of clowning, though it bears the stamp of the creative team (the director, Tom Shadyac, and Robin Williams fights the medical establishment while he courts Monica Potter in "Patch Adams."Ĭhoosing another of the soggier roles he has lately favored, Williams spends a lot of time here smiling gratefully at the compliments heaped on him ("God, Patch, it's amazing what you've done with this place, you know?")Īnd looking significantly older than the medical student he initially plays. Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal City Studios Here's a film for anyone who'd like to hear Williams declaim, "If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all: indifference!" Naturally, the establishment is slow to appreciate Patch, to the point where he winds up making a heartfelt courtroom-style He develops the theory that the best way to treat aĭying patient who wants one last safari is to shock the man out of a sound sleep with balloon animals, for example.
N "Patch Adams," Robin Williams plays a medical maverick who finds no situation too grim for a guffaw. Selected Scenes and Trailer From the Film.The New York Times on the Web: Current Film.'Patch Adams': Take Two Giggles, Twice Daily, and Physician, Squeal ThyselfįILM REVIEW 'Patch Adams': Take Two Giggles, Twice Daily, and Physician, Squeal Thyself
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