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Movie Review for K-Pax
Movie Review for
K-Pax
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K-Pax | | |
| Also known as: | K-Pax |
93 Reviews total.
Release date: 10/26/2001
Run length: 120 mins.
Categories:
Drama
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Adaptation
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Comedy
Summary:
A mysterious and extraordinary mental patient, named Prot, convinces both staff and fellow patients that he comes from a utopian planet called K-PAX. While his psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Powell, is baffled by this cheerfully confident man, Prot's description of life on a planet 1000 light years away awakens a sense of possibility among the other patients. The doctor gradually begins to witness this so-called alien having a remarkable effect on the mental health of the hospital's other patients. When Prot says he's going back before the summer ends, all the patients in the ward vie to go with him. As the days before Prot's announced departure from earth race by, Dr. Powell struggles with questions of science. Determined to prove the stranger is nothing more than a tragic victim of multiple personality disorder, the doctor soon finds himself doubting his own diagnosis.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Carlo Cavagna
of AboutFilm.com (8/0)
Ultimately, the is-he-or-isn't-he question...is a red herring... Hollywood's little life lessons ...
By
Mike McGranaghan
of Aisle Seat (8/0)
Kevin Spacey alone is worth seeing the movie for.
By
Brian Webster
of Apollo Guide (8/0)
It’s fun to watch the two talented stars, but everything else here is old news and just not very ...
By
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/1)
These looney tunes from Kevin Spacey have been heard before.
By
Marc Savlov
of Austin Chronicle (8/0)
Seems somehow unfocused and meandering.
By
Nev Pierce
of BBC (8/0)
Go with it ... and this good-looking movie is a moving and cathartic experience.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Emily Blunt
of Blunt Review (8/0)
My undying love for Kevin Spacey will help me be kinder...
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (8/0)
I admired how the movie tantalized us with possibilities...
By
Karina Montgomery
of Cinerina (8/0)
This film is just like reading a nice poem –the central image is what holds it together, rather t...
By
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
of CNN.com (8/0)
Inspirational and profoundly moving.
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (8/0)
It's extremely satisfying watching [Spacey] here. Moreover, the always-underrated Bridges complim...
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (8/0)
Kevin Spacey in his least edgy role in a routine, derivative film that lacks internal logic.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Bob Aulert
of culturevulture.net (8/0)
K-PAX suggests that perhaps the answers we find or conclusions we reach are less important than t...
By
Steven D. Greydanus
of Decent Films Guide (8/0)
The most shameless psychological quackery to come out of Hollywood since Mumford.
By
Emanuel Levy
of EmanuelLevy.Com (8/0)
A nonsensical therapeutic melodrma about the shifting relationship between a mentally disturbed p...
By
Eric D. Snider
of EricDSnider.com (8/0)
Kevin Spacey, consummate actor that he is, avoids the preachiness that would have resulted if, sa...
By
Eugene Novikov
of Film Blather (8/0)
A bizarre mix of pandering crowd-pleaser and subtly intelligent supernatural mystery
By
Walter Chaw
of Film Freak Central (8/0)
When Prot engages the Powell family dog in conversation, it explains the inevitable success of K-...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Harry Haun
of Film Journal International (8/0)
A cereal pack of space-and-psych movie clichés, scrambled together like Fruit Loops but recogniza...
By
Bradley Null
of filmcritic.com (8/0)
A one trick pony disguised as a full-on drama.
By
Victoria Alexander
of FilmsInReview.com (8/0)
The story doesn't work, the logic is dreadful, and no one I talked to understood what the ending ...
By
Rob Vaux
of Flipside Movie Emporium (8/0)
…a sort of Cuckoo's-Nest-meets-My-Favorite-Martian that probably sounded good on paper…
By
Rick Groen
of Globe and Mail (8/0)
It's pure pleasure to witness Kevin Spacey commanding the screen, and Jeff Bridges ain't exactly ...
By
Eric Lurio
of Greenwich Village Gazette (8/0)
Every now and then, there's a film which really disappoints. Not a film that was supposed to be g...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Ross Anthony
of Hollywood Report Card (8/0)
Initially, the film follows the familiar orbits of other like flicks, but ultimately distinguishe...
By
Steve Rhodes
of Internet Reviews (8/0)
... another wonderful performance by Kevin Spacey who gives his all to what is essentially a one-...
By
JoBlo
of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (8/0)
This is a middle-of-the-road film with a nice message that should give its audience pause for ref...
By
Robert Roten
of Laramie Movie Scope (8/0)
One person in the entire movie is interesting, however, and that is Prot, thanks to another great...
By
Mark Dujsik
of Mark Reviews Movies (8/0)
Promises so much but ultimately achieves too little.
By
Frank Ochieng
of Movie Eye (8/0)
Although the romantic notion of presenting an irreverent soul at the heart of this film feels lik...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Marty Mapes
of Movie Habit (8/0)
Reasons to go: You like Kevin Spacey. You like the premise. You like emotional movies.
By
Mark Ramsey
of MovieJuice! (8/0)
It may be Capra-corn, but it tastes so good on the cob.
By
Jorge Avila Andrade
of Moviola (8/0)
Divertida, original y por momentos profundamente filosófica.
By
Michael Dequina
of Mr. Brown's Movies (8/0)
Can't you just smell the pretension? Probably not, given the other ways in which this film stinks...
By
Elias Savada
of Nitrate Online (8/0)
…the sentimental court of K-PAX is ruled over by Kevin Spacey as king of subdued comic irony.
By
Jim Chastain
of Norman Transcript (8/0)
It often rises to the level of good. But director Iain Softley never takes it beyond that point,...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Edward Johnson-Ott
of NUVO Newsweekly (8/0)
If you're the kind of person that questions the fantastic and expects a story to respect its own ...
By
Dennis Schwartz
of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (8/0)
Could never get over the tired script.
By
Sean Burns
of Philadelphia Weekly (8/0)
As always, it takes an outsider--normally a dying woman or magical African-American --to convince...
By
James Kendrick
of Q Network Film Desk (8/0)
a sweet, sometimes sly, fable about human potentials and limitations
By
David Nusair
of Reel Film Reviews (8/0)
...a refreshingly uplifting story about the best of humanity.
By
Pam Grady
of Reel.com (8/0)
Far from the quality cinema it purports to be, this tale of friendship, space aliens, and mental ...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Laura Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
"K-PAX" never leaves the stratosphere.
By
Robin Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
I had hopes for “K-PAX” but was disappointed by the routine story that breaks no ground and deriv...
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (8/0)
Manages to intrigue without overplotting and uplift without overmanipulating.
By
Jack Garner
of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8/0)
By the muddled end, viewers may find themselves frustrated and confused.
By
Tom Grealis
of RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (8/0)
Bridges completely steals the show from the more lauded Spacey, who's simply on autopilot through...
By
Jim Lane
of Sacramento News & Review (8/0)
The film is reasonably well acted, but soft and sappy.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Edward Guthmann
of San Francisco Chronicle (8/0)
Spacey rings all the right emotional bells as well, and could probably score another Oscar for pl...
By
Jim Judy
of Screen It! (8/0)
Relatively entertaining and certainly easy enough to sit through.
By
William Arnold
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/0)
Spacey's performance creates a spell that lingers long after the lights come back on.
By
Moira MacDonald
of Seattle Times (8/0)
Flawed script turns well-acted K-PAX into a near miss.
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (8/0)
Tailor-made for the K-Mart sect, K-PAX is a weepy regression fantasy for the psychologically half...
By
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
of Spirituality and Practice (8/0)
The overarching theme of this well-acted and spirited sci-fi drama is that we all can be medicine...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Rob Blackwelder
of SPLICEDWire (8/0)
Quick, somebody give Kevin Spacey a bad guy role before he becomes as bland as Harrison Ford!
By
Paul Salfen
of Supercala.com (8/0)
Kevin Spacey beams down another winner...
By
Tony Toscano
of Talking Pictures (U.S.) (8/0)
Just too preachy and clumsy.
By
Frank Lovece
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (5/3)
The latest offender in the odd 'let's see what the cute and funny mentally ill can teach us' genr...
By
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
of UK Critic (8/0)
There is a great movie inside, burning to break free of the shackles of the writers
By
Susan Granger
of www.susangranger.com (8/0)
Your enjoyment is entirely dependent on your ability to suspend disbelief.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Ted Murphy
of Baseline.Hollywood.com (3/5) No reference
... a mixed bag, containing some interesting moment but filled with unrealized secondary characte...
By
Wade Major
of Boxoffice Magazine (3/5) No reference
Merely calling such heady issues to the attention of filmgoers (who are urged to stay through the...
By
Alex Ramirez
of Cinenganos (3/5) No reference
El manejo de la luz, el tono de los reflejos y el uso de colores y su temperatura es muy correcto...
By
Steven Grimm
of Citysearch (3/5) No reference
The film explores so many plot pieces, such as Bridges' crumbling family life, that it's a psychi...
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/1) No reference
So bland and punchless that it may prompt more yawns than grins from audiences.
By
Sean O'Connell
of Eclipse Magazine (3/5) No reference
If you're not discussing this marvelous film on the ride home, you didn't pay close enough attent...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Staci Layne Wilson
of Fantastica Daily (3/5) No reference
Succeeds in being a satisfying, thought-provoking experience.
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (3/5) No reference
Everyone say Awww... it’s Heartwarming(TM)!"
By
Donald Munro
of Fresno Bee (3/5) No reference
Well-produced but overly mechanical.
By
Dave White
of IFilm (3/5) No reference
Full of vague, wistful malarkey about the magic of human connectedness.
By
Bruce Kirkland
of Jam! Movies (3/5) No reference
When it ends, there is a fascinating close-up on Bridges and Spacey that makes it all worthwhile.
By
Louis B. Hobson
of Jam! Movies (3/5) No reference
The emotional climaxes are harrowing because they are as purposeful and understated as the perfor...
Reviews of K-Pax
By
James Sanford
of Kalamazoo Gazette (7/1) No reference
wants very badly to be liked and is willing to do just about anything to win your affection. This...
By
Bob Strauss
of Los Angeles Daily News (3/5) No reference
When Kevin Spacey's thinks-he's-a-spaceman mental patient tells his psychiatrist, 'For an educate...
By
Sue Pierman
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/5) No reference
K-PAX begs more questions than it answers, though Spacey manages to make you not mind the confusi...
By
Nell Minow
of Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (7/1) No reference
Spacey is outstanding, as always, resisting the temptation to make Prot too adorable.
By
Michael Elliott
of Movie Parables (3/5) No reference
It sometimes takes an alien to remind us of how to be truly human.
By
Cody Clark
of Mr. Showbiz (3/5) No reference
Shows signs of intelligent life.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Kim Morgan
of Oregonian (3/5) No reference
Softley opts for cloying treacle when he should have gone for creepy poignancy.
By
Jay Boyar
of Orlando Sentinel (3/5) No reference
K-PAX is clearly a showcase for Kevin Spacey, who has actually won two Oscars (including one for ...
By
Steve Schneider
of Orlando Weekly (3/5) No reference
K-PAX doesn't have an original idea to speak of, so it won't change anyone's world. But at least ...
By
Jay Stone
of Ottawa Citizen (3/5) No reference
Becomes sappier and more obvious as it works towards its solutions.
By
Joe Baltake
of Sacramento Bee (3/5) No reference
The unlikely has happened. Kevin Spacey has worn out his welcome. What next?
By
Sean Means
of Salt Lake Tribune (3/5) No reference
The way K-PAX starts, you know there's no good way for it to end.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
David Elliott
of San Diego Union-Tribune (3/5) No reference
When good actors are reduced to peddling drama this squishy and compromised, tucking in tiny witt...
By
Todd Anthony
of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3/5) No reference
The premise suspiciously parallels that of 1986's critically praised Argentinian film Man Facing ...
By
Dustin Putman
of TheMovieBoy.com (3/5) No reference
A confused concoction that lacks magic, poignancy, or urgency. It does, however, achieve boredom ...
By
Keith Uhlich
of ToxicUniverse.com (7/1) No reference
Casting [Spacey and Bridges] against each other gives their scenes together a believability and i...
By
Yazmin Ghonaim
of Cinephiles (3/5) Not Reachable
The film conforms itself with suggesting its characters' intelligence, rather than exploring it.
By
Rene Rodriguez
of Miami Herald (7/1) Not Reachable
Gloppy and touchy-feely.
Reviews of K-Pax
By
Frank Swietek
of One Guy's Opinion (7/1) Not Reachable
The slender tale has been loaded down with so much Hollywood
contrivance and phony piety that it...
By
Gary Thompson
of Philadelphia Daily News (3/5) Not Reachable
If you're going to mix the New Testament with Phenomenon, you ought to know what you are doing. A...
By
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/5) Not Reachable
K-Pax often feels redundant and unsatisfying, like a cinematic version of one of those Reader's D...
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