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K-PAX. (film) K-PAX is a 2001 science fiction mystery film based on Gene Brewer 's 1995 novel of the same name. An American-German co-production, it was directed by Iain Softley, starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, and Alfre Woodard. The film tells the story of a psychiatric patient who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX.
K-PAX: Directed by Iain Softley. With Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard. PROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX.
- (194K)
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Iain Softley
- 2001-10-26
Tells the story of a mysterious patient (Kevin Spacey) at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. As his psychiatrist (Jeff Bridges) tries to figure out exactly how ...
- (141)
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
- PG-13
0-312-97702-6. OCLC. 45697130. K-PAX is an American science fiction novel by Gene Brewer, the first in the K-PAX series. [1] The series deals with the experiences on Earth of a being named Prot. [1] It is written in the first person from the point of view of Prot's psychiatrist. K-PAX was adapted into a theatrical film of the same name ...
Synopsis. A person appears "out of no where" at the NY Central station. He helps a woman being mugged and is arrested by the police, when he gives weird answers to their questions. After claiming he is an extraterrestrial from the planet 'K-PAX', 1,000 light years away in the Lyra constellation, Prot (Kevin Spacey) (not capitalized and ...
Popular reviews. More. Review by Deckk ★★★★ 3. 100-word review: I don't know whether this film's so-so average score stems from the fact that Kevin Spacey plays the lead role in it — and I don't blame people rating it low for that reason, if that's the case — but personally I find K-PAX to be a captivating mystery where the twist is ...
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K-PAX takes the old fish-out-of-water structure, and manages to elevate it to a level where it becomes more than just a wacky comedy about a nutty space alien walking among us. The source material has a lot to do with it - it's based on a thoroughly involving novel by former psychiatrist Gene Brewer - but it's the two stars that make K-PAX eminently watchable.