Patch Adams is determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. Unfortunately, the medical and scientific community does not appreciate his methods of healing the sick, while the actual patients, medical professors, and hospital nurses all appreciate the work he can do, because they are unable to do it.
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some strong language and crude humor.
Principal Cast: Robin Williams, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Monica Potter
Director: Tom Shadyac
A fellow patient adjusts Patch's perspective of reality by asking him how many fingers he sees.
Themes: Perspective, Wisdom, Helping, Problems, Solution, Enlightenment, Appearances, Kindness, Elderly
2:27
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Patch visits a hospital ward full of sick children and cheers them up with humor.
Themes: Childlike, Compassion, Laughter, Joy, Imagination, Influence, Caring, Therapy, Passion
3:19
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Patch is reprimanded and ridiculed by Dr. Walcott for his use of humor and laughter to treat patients.
Themes: Laughter, Joy, Legalism, Sensitivity, Insensitive, Therapy, Rules, Strict, Stifling
1:35
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After the murder of his girlfriend, Patch questions God about the suffering of mankind.
Themes: God's Nature, God's Will, Suicide, Logic, Humanity, Suffering, Beauty, Nature, Sign
2:26
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Patch gives an impassioned speech before a council of doctors about the right way to treat patients.
Themes: Compassion, Influence, Helping, Humanity, Speech, Dignity, Plea, Passion, Bureaucracy
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