if ever there was a film starring robin williams
that wasn't about robin williams but could have easily been about robin
williams that film would be patch adams this is a
1998 film and i saw this for the first time a few
years ago and just instantly fell in love and
instantly knew that that role was made for robin williams he is just the only
person who could have pulled this off so we'll talk a little bit about the
film and the director and the cast and things but there won't be any
spoilers in this however it is based on a true story
so you may already know kind of what happens to this character
but it is such a sweet lovely film very emotional and if you
haven't seen the film i strongly urge you to do so
so this was directed by tom shadyac and and based on
the book by patch adams patch adams is actually hunter adams
and he became or if he's becoming a medical professional he's going to
become a medical professional to make people
happy he's going to be a doctor to help people
through humor and and fun and obviously the iconic image of robin
williams patch adams is him in the doctor's
get-up with a red nose and
patch adams likes to make children laugh and you know put a smile on their face
when things are tough in the hospital but there are
certain stumbling blocks for patch adams and not everybody agrees with his
approaches and the film is about him and others
helping him trying to prove what he is doing is a good thing and
helping him get on his way in life now i haven't read the book i haven't
really looked too much into the life of patch adams
i'd like to i will that is on my radar and at some point i will definitely do
that but i can't really compare i can't say how much this compares to
the true story but as a film itself
oh wow it's um it's difficult it's amazing it's incredible it's
fantastic but it's difficult because it's a comedy but you will weep
and i did cry and i'm getting a little emotional thinking about it just now
because patch adams is a wonderful person
and having robin williams playing this character
somebody who was so troubled and you know somebody who was going through
a lot of emotional pain and yet he still went out of his way to make other people
laugh and smile and make other people's days i couldn't
think of somebody more perfect for this role he
he is remarkable and for me when i watch this i've seen it a few times but it's
hard to watch especially after robin's death um
it's such a beautiful story and he will give this film a standing ovation
the imdb rating is 6.8 out of 10 which i feel is pretty generous for an imdb
rating that's out of 103 000 ratings and
all of the performances in this are fantastic obviously the standout is
robin who is just perfect philip seymour
hoffman's in it um a few other names that i recognize
but for me it's all about robin as patch adams and his performance is exquisite
and i can't fault it the narrative development of the film is
enjoyable the pacing is good there are it really gets the balance
between comedy and difficulties and obviously there's a lot
of emotion with like hospital patients and
the people that patch adams is working with to cheer up
if you're a fan of robin williams i hope you've seen this but if you haven't
please make this the next one you watch it's just it's everything
and i'm so thankful that this film exists