Believe it or not, this movie was recommended to me by one of my nursing lecturers. She stood in front of 300 of us, and told us, if we really wanted to see how patients should be treated - then watch this movie.
I was a little sceptical - Robin Williams, who plays Patch, can go either one way or the other - totally brilliant, or absolutely awful, but went along to see it anyway.
We meet Patch, sitting on a bus, staring out the window, and it makes you wonder what he’s thinking about. He signs himself into a Mental Health Hospital with suicidal tendencies, having to share his room with a squirrel fearing man - Throughout his stay Patch meets many people, who even though on the outside people would think they were crazy he learnt to look beyond that problem and see the person beneath. So, after helping the squirrel fearing room mate to pee (watch the movie), Patch decides he wants to be a doctor.
He enrols as a mature student in medical school, and after the Dean’s opening speech, Patch is non too impressed - especially with the fact that they won’t get to meet a patient until the third year. But who’s to know who is a first year medical student and a third year when you have a white coat on?
Finally, Patch gets to do what he loves - spend time with patients, making their dreams come true - making them laugh.
The main theme behind the movie is Patch's struggle to help break down the hierarchical structure that exists within the medical profession - Fighting as the patient's advocate at all time.
Patch’s methods of caring are frowned upon by some, and so Patch decides to set up his own hospital, with both wonderful and disastrous consequences. Patch’s future as a doctor is on the line, will he ever be what he wants to be?
It's a funny movie, it's a sad movie, and in some places *depending on your temperament* it can get you down-right MAD!
If there is one message that is evident in this movie, it is that life should be fun - it doesn't take much to reach out and brightens someone's day.
I think that most people will be able to relate to this movie, even if it is in just some small way.
I know that some people are generally put off movies because they do not like Robin Williams - but I feel that the message that this movie puts across is far more important that the actors that play the parts.
In my opinion, it's a MUST see!
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Patch Adams [1999]
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story of a troubled man who finds happiness in helping others--a man set on changing the world and who may well accomplish the task. And then there are those who fe...
Patch Adams [1999]
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story of a troubled man who finds happiness in helping others--a man set on changing the world and who may well accomplish the task. And then there are those who fee...
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