TV Films
SATURDAY MAY 21
PATCH ADAMS
Dr Schmaltz will see you now
TVNZ 2, 7.00pm
One of the most maudlin flicks in the Robin Williams catalogue, this one, loosely based on the real Adams, had him as a one-time mental-health patient who trained to be a doctor and prescribed laughter as the best medicine. As Roger Ebert said at the time: “It’s not merely a tearjerker. It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anaesthesia.” (1998)
A DOG’S WAY HOME
Snapping at your heartstrings
Three, 7.00pm
A nice enough entry into the pooch-goes-cross-country-to-find-owner genre with
