Patch Adams (1998) - film review

Comedy / Drama

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Patch Adams is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1998, directed by Tom Shadyac. The film stars Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bob Gunton. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Tom Shadyac
Script: Patch Adams, Maureen Mylander, Steve Oedekerk
Photo: Phedon Papamichael
Music: Marc Shaiman
Cast: Robin Williams (Patch Adams), Daniel London (Truman), Monica Potter (Carin), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Mitch), Bob Gunton (Dean Walcott), Josef Sommer (Dr. Eaton), Irma P. Hall (Joletta), Frances Lee McCain (Judy), Harve Presnell (Dean Anderson), Daniella Kuhn (Adelane), Peter Coyote (Bill Davis), James Greene (Bile), Michael Jeter (Rudy), Harold Gould (Arthur Mendelson), Bruce Bohne (Trevor Beene), Harry Groener (Dr. Prack), Barry Shabaka Henley (Emmet), Steven Anthony Jones (Charlie), Richard Kiley (Dr. Titan), Douglas Roberts (Larry), Ellen Albertini Dow (Aggie), Alan Tudyk (Everton), Ryan Hurst (Neil), Peter Siteri (Chess Man), Don West (Instructor), Domenique Lozano (Passerby), Ralph Peduto (Organizer), Ken Hoffman (Big Texan), Roy Conrad (E.R. Doctor), Jay Jacobus (Jack Walton), Dot Jones (Miss Meat), Geoff Fiorito (3rd Year Student), Samuel Sheng (3rd Year Student), Kathleen Stefano (Margery), Piers Mackenzie (Dr. Hashman), Alex Gonzalez (Hispanic Boy), Ismael ’East’ Carlo (Hispanic Father), Jake Bowen (Bryan), Cameron Brooke Stanley (Children’s Ward Patient), Jamieson Downes (Children’s Ward Patient), Jena Marie Thomas (Children’s Ward Patient), Wesley G. Haines (Children’s Ward Patient), Aaron Alexander (Children’s Ward Patient), Amadeius Cheadle (Children’s Ward Patient), David Cooper (Children’s Ward Patient), Peter Idiart (Children’s Ward Patient), Tim Johnson (Children’s Ward Patient), Kate Keith (Children’s Ward Patient), Alberto Rocha (Children’s Ward Patient), Domonique Tate (Children’s Ward Patient), Joseph Trefry (Children’s Ward Patient), Richard J. Silberg (Psych Patient), William Joseph Scharff (Psych Patient), James Anthony Cotton (Psych Patient), Michael X. Sommers (Psych Patient), Howard Allison Williams (Psych Patient), David Fine (Psych Patient), James Carraway (Psych Patient), J. Stephen Coyle (Psych Patient), Wanda McCaddon (Woman in Lobby), Wanda Christine (Nurse Klegg), Lorri Holt (Pediatric Nurse), Stephanie Smith (Laughing Nurse), Mary DeLorenzo (Nurse), Vivis Cortez (Hysterical Woman), Donna Kimball (Waitress), Norman Alden (Truck Driver), Lydell M. Cheshier (Younger Man), Diane Amos (Older Waitress), Sonya Eddy (Older Waitress), Kelvin Han Yee (Orderly), Doreen Foo Croft (Asian Woman), Bill Roberson (Fred Jarvis), Randy Oglesby (Pinstriped Man), Vilma Vitanva (Maria), Bonnie Johnson (Walcott’s Secretary), Helen Tourtillott (Feeble Woman), Christine Pineda (Hispanic Girl), Karen Michel (Mrs. Davis), James Allen (Ed), Katherine Fitzhugh (Mrs. O’Bannon), Kyle Timothy Smith (Davis Son), Jonathan Holder (Davis Son), Renee Rogers (Receptionist), Shannon Orrock (Receptionist), Don Rizzo (Minister), George Lee (Boardroom Doctor), Dan Hannafin (Boardroom Doctor), Roger W. Durrett (Boardroom Doctor), Richard C. Adkins (Gynecologist), Ralph David Westfall (Gynecologist), Bob Feaster (Gynecologist), Thom McIntyre (Gynecologist), Alfred Salley (Gynecologist), Michael Stanton Kennedy (Gynecologist), Andy Arness (Orderly), Jason Aaron Baca (Patch Pirate), Rick Camp (Funeral Mourner), Mike Casey (Orderly), Alan Coppola (Man in Arm Cast), Patricia M. Fairchild (Patient), Mylo Ironbear (Hospital patient), Jonathan Schancupp (Man), Greg Sestero (Jaime (Monica Potter’s brother)), James Marshall Wolchok (Gynecologist)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 115 min

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