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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.
Jan 1, 2000 · K-PAX Review. Mystery man Prot (Spacey) is detained in a psychiatric hospital where Dr. Powell (Bridges) is fascinated by his claim to be on a mission from K-PAX, a planet 1,000 light years from ...
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.
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- 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 ...
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- Iain Softley
- PG-13
- Kevin Spacey
Oct 26, 2001 · 3 min read. If a visitor from another planet appeared among us in human form and told the truth about his origins, no doubt he would be treated like Prot, the hero of ”K-PAX,” who finds himself locked in a closed ward of the Psychiatric Institute of Manhattan. He might not, however, be as lucky as Prot in his psychiatrist.
42. In K-PAX, there are two possible explanations: Prot is crazy. He is truly an alien. There are facts that indicate 1, but also 2. Examples: He seems to respond to hypnosis, has a sort of phobia of water, looks just like his friend and doesn't physically leave.
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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.
