Patch Adams

Patch Adams is a 1998 American semi-biographical comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bob Gunton. Directed by Tom Shadyac and set in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s, it is based on the life story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter by Dr. Adams and Maureen Mylander. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it "too obvious," and it received "generally unfavorable reviews" on Metacritic. It grossed $202.3 million on a $90 million budget.