K-Pax (Collector's Edition)

K-Pax (Collector's Edition)
by Iain Softley

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Movie Review: Smooth and Flawless
Summary: 5 Stars

I put this DVD in my player expecting a comedy (per the tv hype and trailers). True to this usual misleading media hype, K-Pax is not a comedy. It turned out to be one of the most poignant and engrossing films I have seen in the last year. Kevin Spacey IS `Prot', a supposed visitor from the planet K-Pax, who is arrested by New York cops for no reason other than he attempts to thwart a purse robbery, and help the victim (I immediately wanted to b-slap the cops for stupity). Jeff Bridges is the tired shrink, oblivious to his own personal family issues, assigned to `correct' Prot's way of thinking. The groundwork was cast within the first 5 minutes of the film, and my instincts told me "here we go again". Another looney tune-corrects-a-self absorbed-righteous shrink flick. It is, but it isn't.

Spacey made me BELIEVE from second one, that he was a visitor from K-Pax. I believed he was Prot. I believed Bridges as the tired psych. And as the film progressed, I was rewarded with Spacey's perfectly even character, and Bridges' coming into awareness concerning his own personal shortcomings. I cannot bring myself to expose the whole movie, since I truly want you to experience the absolute smoothness of this film. I can tell you I was blown away by the planetary mathematic scene in the planetarium, where Prot proves the existance of his planet to the only three scientists in the world who could understand the physics-math. I knew then that Prot was real. And I actually clapped my hands and yelled `YES!' at the tv (it did not answer). Prot had PROVED he was an alien visitor. And I believed.

There is an almost uncanny parallel to the very underated film `Fisher King' starring Robin Williams(a fantastic performance) and, oh!, Jeff Bridges! Both Williams and Spacey are suspected lunatics,with Bridges as their psych guy. The difference is, in Fisher King, Bridges is actually drawn into Williams' madness, and in K-Pax, Bridges does a superb job of walking the `I Believe' tightrope. Williams played a blatant lunatic who thrives in his alter-world, and Spacey IS from this Universe. In both films, I compliment Bridges (though I am not a real fan) but in Fisher King, the movie is quietly about Bridges. In K-Pax, Spacey is the the absolute heart and soul. I honestly smelled Oscar for Spacey, and he deserveds it. For Bridges, a Best Supporting was NOT unbelievable.

And the ending? Oh the ending! The best thing this film did, was give you an ending with a true dicotomy. Is Prot from K-Pax, or is he the poor wretched character Bridges dug up. I am leaving this review vague on purpose. I do not want to taint YOUR interpretation of the ending. I will say this, the alternate ending on The DVD is the better ending.

Okay, I will ruin it. Prot, was right. He COULD travel on beams of light. he did go back. K-Pax was real. At least, That's what I believe.

If any of you have read my reviews, you know I do not review bad films (except Scary Movie). Trust, I am never wrong. If you see this DVD, you WILL own it, and watch it at least 3 times within a week.

Summary of K-Pax (Collector's Edition)