Patch Adams 1998

Susan Stark, Detroit News: A movie of depth and delight! Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: A sure-fire crowd-pleaser! Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Here is the year's least welcome technological advance, the computer-generated butterfly meant to provide a touch of magic for a film that has none of its own. Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: Though he really does seem like a swell person, I've always liked Williams better in theory than I do in practice. And this blubbering ass-kiss of a movie is very possibly the last straw. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: It suffers from excessive heart- warming itis! Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Offensive and deeply false 'inspirational!' Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia! Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: An overdose of sentimental claptrap, underscored by Marc Shaiman's cliched string arrangements. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Williams pulls out all the stops in a lead role that gives him carte blanche to careen between extremes of silliness and sentimentality; he tries too hard, too obviously, much like the pic itself. Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Its simpleminded mawkishness aside, Patch Adams also represents filmic storytelling at its most corrupt. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Those in sore need of busting a gut had better look elsewhere for comic relief. Read more