: Patch Adams
Author: Dr. Hunter Adams (book) and Maureen Mylander
Director: Tom Shadyac
I hadn’t heard good things about this, so I was prepared to be disappointed, but I loved it! It’s a somewhat predictable story (the summary of “doctor believes humor is the best medicine” summarizes it well) and the lead character does fall to easily into a Robin Williams caricature, but the fact that it’s based on a true story, and the way the doctor rails against the medical system and the arrogance of doctors struck home with me. My favorite moment? When student doctor Patch is doing rounds with one of his teachers who says, “Bed 6 needs blood work,” pauses to blush, then corrects himself with “Mrs. Edwards needs blood work.” Little things like the name of the patient, obviously trivial to busy a doctor with a head full of vital, life-saving information, do make a difference.
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