K-Pax (DVD) Reviews

(Film only review) What’s it about? --------------------- A mysterious man arrives at a psychiatric hospital claiming he is an alien from the planet K-PAX. Is he telling the truth or does something else lie behind his claim? Who’s in it? ---------------- For all the people we encounter during this film, ...

A man turns up at Grand Central Station claiming that he’s from another planet. For some reason, the authorities find this unusual and send him to a psychiatric institution. K-PAX is the story of a psychiatrist attempting to convince this enigmatic stranger that he has constructed an elaborate delusional world. Based on a fantastic ...

There are simply too many similarities between K-Pax and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest to simply ignore them - while there are enormous differences between the two films and it would be less than generous to claim that either work had been lifted out of admiration for the other, there remains a need to recognise the commonality of theme and ...

K-Pax is the story of Prot (Kevin Spacey), a man who is arrested by police after the attend the scene of a mugging. Witnesses vouch for him, and say he did not carry out the attack, but as he is at the train station with no ticket, no luggage, and telling the police he arrived from another planet, they arrest him, convinced that he is crazy! When ...

Intelligence and the sci-fi genre don't always go hand in hand but when thought and effort do combine then extraordinary things are possible. When you get Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges in the lead roles you know that you're onto a good thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...

A man (Kevin Spacey) carrying no luggage just "appears" in Grand Central Station New York. Mistaken for a mugger he is questioned by the police. As he states “That he had forgotten how bright this planet is” he is, rather unsurprisingly assumed to be a nut and taken to the nearest hospital for assessment. The hospital ...

Why is it I always end up reviewing some of the hardest films to actually write a review on? It?s probably because I like films with a bit of intrigue surrounding them, films which don?t give you everything laid out on a plate and films which make you use your mind that little bit more. K-Pax is one of these films. It makes you believe ...

Sometimes I yearn for the time when we have a year of films where everyone of them has a decent story, great characters, great acting and some solid direction. Sadly that will never happen but every once in a while you have a film that comes along and delivers an interesting premise without having to resort to flashy effects to intrigue you. ...

I was lucky enough to be at the UK premiere for this - but I will try not to let that bias me!! In short, despite knowing that Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges were sitting just a few rows behind me, this film had me transfixed and lifted throughout. You start off curious as to who this character, Prot, is throughout. You think ...

K-PAX is a weird movie. It’s a bit like Mork and Mindy, with plenty of One flew over the cuckoo’s nest thrown in. And yes, it’s probably no accident that both of these shows are fairly dated, originating in the 70s, in fact. Like both of them, K-Pax has a slightly dated, or perhaps even a timeless, feel. Kevin Spacey plays ...

One day, a man appears at a New York train station. He has no ticket. He has no luggage. He seems to have come from nowhere. He says his name is Prot and he is from the planet K-PAX, in a galaxy 1000 light years away from earth. He is immediately escorted to the nearest psychiatric institution. At the institution, Prot (pronounced to ...

That'll teach me to ignore the critics. I put off seeing this film at the cinema as I read quite a few poor reviews when it first came out, but I have now seen it on DVD, and can't understand how anyone could not like it. K-PAX is a beautifully made and thought provoking film about the possibility of extra terrestrial life, that in my ...

Intelligent, well written science fiction films are few and far between (just take a look at Signs!). Intelligent, well written science fiction that is also heart warming and emotionally engaging is an even rarer commodity. K-PAX however, is a fine nugget of this rarest of film-elements, and receives my utmost ...

If you are tired of some of the inconsequential 'fluff' at the Cinema at the moment. Plus you are not looking at your head to be pounded in by watching some brainless actioner and you don't really feel up to a kid's film - this one might be just the ticket. And I bet you missed this when it was at the Cinema! ...

The movie starts with a mugging. Both the victim and a witness say that Kevin Spacey’s character, prot, was only trying to help. The trouble is that prot seems a little strange, so the police take him in for evaluation. Because Prot doesn’t respond to drugs, he ends up in a psychiatric hospital three weeks after the mugging under the ...

K-pax involves two of my favorite actors battling it out with words. An exciting prospect then? The story revolves around 'Prot' (Kevin Spacey), who claims he has come from the planet K-Pax. Prot is smooth, calm and helpful but because of his claim he is taken into the custody of a psychiatric hospital where he is referred to ...

X-pax is a must see movie, Two time academy award winner Kevin Spacey and academy award nominee Jeff Bridges star in this often humorous story. A stranger who calls him self prot(spacey)is found wondering around central station after a woman gets har handbag stolen, He claims that he from the distant planet X-pax. He is then taken to a ...

I had heard various reports about this film before going to see it but I'm very much in the camp of what a great film. Staring Jeff Bridges as Dr. Mark Powell and Kevin Spacey as the alien (or is he) from K-Pax - Prot. Prot is found wondering around Central Station and taken to the local mental Hospital once he tells everyone ...

Over the last few years several movies have been released to make you go ‘Hmmmm’. Two of the best were Sixth Sense starring Bruce Willis and American Beauty starring Kevin Spacey. Both were released to critical acclaim and both had intriguing plots and excellent acting. The success of these two movies spawned many similar movies that ...

Every now and then, there comes a time when there are loads of films I want to see and there is nothing for it but to have a cinema-fest weekend and wonder just where the daylight went. This time it was three films in three days, the record is three films in one day (when Warner Brothers did the half price Tuesdays yonks ago). So, just to ...