During his time there, he finds he is able to help his fellow inmates, and decides to become a medical doctor. As the movie begins, he is a mental patient in the Fairfax State Psychiatric Ward. Robin Williams stars as the title character, Patch Adams. Its main purpose is to bestow upon movie audiences an emotional tearjerker by using cheap maneuvers. I’ll get to the fact-vs.-fiction aspects later in this review, but to get straight to the point, even if it wasn’t loosely based on the life story of a fascinating individual, I still wouldn’t recommend “Patch Adams.” It’s not only manipulative in the ways of delivering melodrama it’s forced, obvious, and very clichéd. “Patch Adams” is one of the most manipulative films that is said to be “based on a true story.” And it is based on a true story (albeit very loosely)-the life story of Dr.
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