Patch Adams
1998 · 1h 55m · Comedy, Drama · United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)
Laughter is contagious.
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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1960s1970sbased on novel or bookbased on real personbased on true storydeterminationdoctorhospitalmedical dramamedical schoolnursepsychiatric hospitalsuicidal thoughts
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