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- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B002NVNRLI
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A wonderfully fresh, original piece of work, K-Pax is a film that manages to combine a variety of genres while still maintaining its own unique identity. The premise of alien life on earth may not be a new one, but Ian Softley's movie is a startling new take on the subject. Spacey's Prot is picked up by the police and, when he claims to be a traveller from the planet K-Pax, is delivered to the care of psychiatrist Jeff Bridges. The intense relationship that develops between the two forms the core of the film, as Bridges searches for the truth about his mysterious patient while also gaining valuable insights into his own life. The movie's great strength is that it keeps the audience guessing up until the very end, refusing to offer them an obvious, tidy conclusion.
Spacey is, as ever, fantastic, playing the kind of charismatic oddball that brought him such acclaim in American Beauty and The Usual Suspects. He manages to embody the themes of the film perfectly, imbuing his character with both a rich humanity and an eerie otherworldliness. Bridges (20 years after he played the role of an alien in Starman) is a revelation, reasserting his position as one of Hollywood's great unsung actors. Softley handles the film with precision, with each revelation from Prot's past adding to the mystery of the story, countering the film's dark, moving moments with episodes of real humour and warmth.
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When a man arrives in New York, calling himself Prot and claiming to be from the planet K-PAX, the police turn him over to a psychiatrist Dr Powell, believing him to be insane. Prot's behaviour is unusual and his claims unbelievable, but as time runs out, Powell finds that the truth may be even stranger.
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This is a brilliant film.Kevin Spacey plays 'Prot', a man who mysteriously appears one day in a railway station.He claims to be an alien from the planet K-Pax.He is taken to a local mental institution and put in the care of a doctor who tries to find out if 'Prot' is really who is he claims to be.Spacey portrays an 'innocent abroad' who has a profound effect on the fellow inmates of the institution and the doctor given the task of unravelling the truth.
The ending doesn't give a simple answer. Is 'Prot' an alien?You will have to make your own mind up.
The ending doesn't give a simple answer. Is 'Prot' an alien?You will have to make your own mind up.
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