K-Pax (Collector's Edition)
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Movie Reviews of K-Pax (Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: IS HE OR IS HE NOT?
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big Kevin Spacey fan. I think he is one of the best actors ever. He continues to deliver in K-PAX. It's a story about a man who says he is from the planet K-PAX. He gets placed into a psyche hospital. There he meets his doctor played by Jeff Bridges and the two form an unusual bond. While in the hospital, Prott (Kevin Spacey) embraces the other mental patients in his ward. He offers unjaded guidance and counsel. At the end of the movie, two of the patients are released because of Prott's, not the doctor's, help.
K-PAX is a story about unbearable sadness and thin degrees of hope. Yet it's not depressing. This is a movie that doesn't really answer your questions at the end. But I was okay with that. I enjoy movies with unusual story-lines and this movie delivers. It satisfies on many levels. I would classify this movie as a mystery drama with a sci-fi element.
I can say without reservation, do not hesitate to add this dvd to your movie collection.
Movie Review: Some people just don't understand...
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't fathom how anybody can hate this movie. Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are absolutely phenomenal. What a great story. I watch this movie over and over and it captivates me every time. The music is perfect...the acting is perfect...the story is gripping. People are upset because the film never fully explains itself in the end. It allows the viewer to interperet the film's meaning on their own and draw their own conclusions. I have my own, but due to the risk of offending certain demographs, my thoughs shall remain my own. Besides...I would hate it if a first time viewer were to read this review and have a picture already in their head. Watch this fantastic film and make up your own mind and don't let anybody tell you that your interperetation is wrong! There is no such thing as a incorrect interperetation of a piece of artwork be it a sculpture, piece of music, or a film with imagery like this!
P.S. - BUY THE SOUNDTRACK, TOO! It's absolutely incredible.
Movie Review: Really Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
K-PAX is an interesting movie--not quite an alien movie, not quite a mystery movie. It's a mix of lots of different ideas and sub-plots, but it all comes together in the end in a feel-good sort of way, while still not tying up all the knots and answering all of your questions.The story basically boils down to a man (or alien?)called Prot, played by Kevin Spacey, who says he is from a distant planet called K-PAX. A psychiatrist (Bridges) works with him, trying to both understand him and make him well. Although his co-workers ridicule him for it, Bridges' character finds himself almost believing Prot's very convincing story.
How Prot affects the lives of all the people he meets is both amazing and wonderful to behold. The surprising, disturbing twist of an ending will leave you stunned. Lastly, the mystery surrounding Prot's fate will leave you pondering for days, even weeks afterward.
I laughed, I cried, I was amazed. I really enjoyed this movie. I recommend it highly.
Movie Review: A Sense of Wonder
Summary: 5 Stars
This delightful movie allows us to see ourselves and our surroundings through an outsider, who is both kindly and objective. Prot (Kevin Spacey) is visiting our planet via light transference from a planet in another galaxy, K-Pax. He quickly finds himself in a psychiatric facility directed by Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges).Spacey and Bridges are seamlessly matched. Prot is brilliant, compassionate, peaceful and caring. But is he a delusional psychotic? Dr. Powell becomes passionately involved with the answer. Kevin Spacey has an elusiveness about him that is perfect for the part. I will not say Jeff Bridges gives "his usually solid performance" (how often his brilliance is so summarily described!). He struggles to believe or disbelieve and almost becomes a part of the mercurial Prot.
The music and photography are at one with the wonder that is being proposed. Make up your own mind about the reality of Prot and K-Pax.
-sweetmolly-Amazon.com Reviewer
Movie Review: Spacey and Bridges Quite a 1-2 Acting Punch!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a great film. It made one wonder about life in other worlds and how modern psychiatry may deal with such a scenario. According to a recent amazon review, "Dr. Mark Powell, the psychiatrist played by Jeff Bridges, is convinced that Prot is "a convincing delusional," but his cynicism turns to open-minded fascination as Prot's case reveals a combination of otherworldly insight and all-too-human trauma, prompting an earthbound explanation for Prot's allegedly alien origins. This picture allows Spacey to create a provocative and humorously eccentric enigma, while Bridges superbly conveys his character's compassionate empathy."
I agree that the movie sets up a series of very interesting contrasts, the alien's world and ours, our perception of mental health vs. normal and his, and the way we deal with someone different than ourselves. I'm not sure if this world is ready for someone like "prot." Good science fiction and good acting.