# How did you like the old movie Patch Adams (1998)? We finally watched it, for the first time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, celebrity-death\ **Created:** [March 14, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870 "2021-03-14T06:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/21 "2021-03-16T13:33:47Z")
LOL, y’all. I guess I stand alone here, then. This thread reminds me now that most reviews of this movie, including a documentary on Williams’ life, discount this movie. Just like all-y’all do here. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/22 "2021-03-16T13:41:53Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I should add that few are less of a Robin Williams fan than me. > > mmm I am a huge Robin Williams fan when he’s acting in a drama. He was an EXCEPTIONAL actor, absolutely born to do it, with tremendous range; his characters in Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, One Hour Photo, etc. are all quite different. He is just plainly first rate, one of the finest actors of his generation. His comedy was just so fucking tiresome. His standup was rarely all that funny and I dreaded his appearances on talk shows; the “Loud Drama Nerd In An Improv Troupe Desperate For Your Attention” shtick got old really fast. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/23 "2021-03-16T13:48:58Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > His comedy was just so fucking tiresome. His standup was rarely all that funny and I dreaded his appearances on talk shows; the “Loud Drama Nerd In An Improv Troupe Desperate For Your Attention” shtick got old really fast. The only thing I ever liked him in was _The Birdcage._ When he stepped back and played straight man to Nathan Lane, I loved him. I also appreciated how well he played a gay man-- convincing, but not mincing, if that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/24 "2021-03-16T14:55:11Z")
His performance in _The Fisher King_ can still bring me to tears. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/25 "2021-03-16T15:58:05Z")
One of those movies that is so insistently, aggressively bad that it makes me angry to think if it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/26 "2021-03-16T16:06:17Z")
> [@smilingbandit](#): > > The actual Dr. Adams is a much better person… I don’t know about that. [Dr. Adams once visited the grocery store where my SO worked as a cashier.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-are-known-for-being-jerks-that-are-not-named-chevy-chase/919839/132) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/27 "2021-03-16T19:41:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > His comedy was just so fucking tiresome. His standup was rarely all that funny and I dreaded his appearances on talk shows; the “Loud Drama Nerd In An Improv Troupe Desperate For Your Attention” shtick got old really fast. Yes. I liked him on _Mork and Mindy_. And then in _Good Morning, Vietnam_. But his talk show appearances were tiring. He didn’t know how to dial it back. Johnny Carson was a gracious host for him, but I have to wonder what Carson and Ed McMahon would talk about after Williams’ appearances. I love his works as a dramatic actor. _Good Will Hunting_, especially. _The World According to Garp_, even. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/28 "2021-03-16T21:56:25Z")
I hated Patch Adams, (the movie). I felt sorry for his patients. There’s good bedside manner, and then there’s being an insufferable ass clown. His methods helped kill his girlfriend, (who was shoe-horned in to the movie). It was trite, sentimental bull crap. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870/29 "2021-03-16T23:09:44Z")
Personally, I like doctors to do what they need to do, and then let me go. Chit-chat does not put me at ease, it just prolongs the discomfort. Antics would have me seeking a new doctor, stat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870.md?page=1)