The movie is based on the true story of a medical misfit student whose approach to healing brings about ruckus in medical establishment eben though his results is outstanding.
13 August 1953, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
11 January 1955, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 June 1927, Marysville, California, USA
23 March 1933, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
26 August 1952, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, USA
3 June 1935, Beaumont, Texas, USA
17 June 1967, Concord, California, USA
30 June 1971, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
23 July 1967, Fairport, New York, USA
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10 September 1951, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
1 October 1961, San Mateo, California, USA
16 November 1913, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
4 January 1964, Turlock, California, USA
June 18, 2012
Shadyac underscores Williams' comic routines with superfluous and frankly relentless reaction shots of patients and hospital staff alike crumpling with laughter.January 01, 2000
Has some very funny moments, but they're all drowned out by an overbearingly sentimental script.January 01, 2000
It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia!May 20, 2008
Williams pulls out all the stops in a lead role that gives him carte blanche to careen between extremes of silliness and sentimentality; he tries too hard, too obviously, much like the pic itself.January 01, 2000
A movie of depth and delight!August 18, 2007
Has obviously been made for an audience that has never seen a movie before.February 08, 2003
...Formulaic from the word go, with so many trite, overused devices that it could serve as a primer for 'things to avoid when making an original movie.'September 02, 2009
Indulges to the hilt every obnoxious, hyperactive, oh-what-I-wouldn't-give-for-a-tranquilizer-gun aspect of Robin Williams' performing style.December 27, 2010
True-story medical tale is made shallow and sentimental.June 24, 2006
An overdose of sentimental claptrap, underscored by Marc Shaiman's clichéd string arrangements.January 01, 2000
A sure-fire crowd-pleaser!