K-Pax (Collector's Edition)

There are many different reasons for watching a movie, and I suppose I have about as many of them as anyone: sometimes I'll watch a slapstick comedy just for the chuckles, or a grand historical epic so I can be transported to a world that's simultaneously fantastic and familiar, or a murder mystery for the fun of solving a puzzle. But whenever I saw previews or reviews for K-Pax I couldn't for the life of me figure why I'd want to watch this movie. As far as I could tell I knew what the movie was: a character study involving someone who may or may not be an alien, being treated in a mental institution by someone who may or may not believe he's an alien. The way I figured it, he either is or he isn't. If he is, it's a fish-out-of-water story with a sci-fi slant. If he isn't, it's a one-flew-over-the-cuckoo's-nest story with a little ambiguity thrown in but resolved in the end. Neither of these were movies that I'd seek out, but I found myself again and again drawn to watching K-Pax, waiting for the mood to strike me. To be sure, I love Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey in just about anything they've done, and I had no reason to believe I wouldn't be watching a well-made, well-acted movie, just perhaps one not quite to my taste. So imagine my surprise when I found myself stunned by not only the movie's emotional power, but by it's visual beauty. I suppose it's a testament to the limited imaginations of the people who decide how to craft a trailer or a blurb in order to sell a movie, but K-Pax it seems to me has been done a terrible disservice, because it's promotionals all seem to focus on the mystery of "is he or isn't he?", which in my opinion misses the entire thrust of the movie. Amazingly, the director and his cinematographer have deliberately and lovingly crafted a dreamlike fantasy that exists squarely and believably within the everyday world of overworked urban professionals and weary suburban commuters. From K-Pax's opening scene, which follows a feather as it drifts down a column of light into the sun-drenched vastness of Union Station, to the heartbreaking finale, the movie gently but inexorably reveals to us the lives of the two protagonists, and eventually the intertwining of those lives, all the while painting around them a world of ineffable beauty, a world defined by light. I feel I can without reservation place K-Pax squarely within the tradition of those films to which I can go when my reason for watching is to revel in their pure visual beauty, films like Ridley Scott's "The Duellists" and "Bladerunner", or Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" and "Barry Lyndon". It is however Krzysztof Kie'lowski's "Blue" that most often occurs to me when I watch K-Pax, and it's in the company of these great films that I believe K-Pax belongs.

I highly recommend this movie. The acting was phenomenal. Kevin Spacey's acting range is worth watching. Casting Jeff Bridges as the Psychiatrist was perfect. The ending still leaves you wondering. This movie took me in emotionally and made me care about every character.

I absolutely adore this movie! It has such a fantastic story- I'm reading the book right now and together they are perfect! It's rare that the book and movie match each other so closely. The movie always keeps you guessing and engaged, is "prot" really an alien or is he really suffering from some trauma? The impossible becomes the possible and you want to believe that he really came from K-PAX but your logical mind is rooting for the Dr. to figure it out and help him. The movie is full of poignant insight into the human condition with great commentary. The other characters in the movie are engaging also and its just an absolute pleasure to watch it multiple times and share with friends.

This is an amazing film. I felt as if there were two possible interpretations of reality in the acting and script. One is obvious and the other deeper and mysterious. I highly recommend this film.

I liked the acting and cinematography throughout. Good atmosphere, though I'm biased since I'm a sucker for movies of this era. Story was alright. While there is an aspect of mystery to the movie, it's really more about the journey rather than what comes at the end, particularly Jeff Bridge's journey. Imo, the movie is carried more by the acting, cinematography, and storytelling execution rather than the actual story on paper itself.

In 2025 this world is a horrible place. This movie is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The best what if's, feel good movies ever! Ironically it was also made during one of the most ugliest times in American History "9/11" 2001. So it went unnoticed. I don't want to live in K-PAX, I want to live in Heaven. But I would like to swing by just to see.

I've just bought and watched this film again, after seeing it shortly after it first came out. It was mesmerising. Even better this time round. Kevin Spacey is, in my opinion, better in this than in any other of his films I've seen (including Midinight in the Garden of Good and Evil, American Beauty, or even The Usual Suspects -in which he excelled). He has the ability to say so much with his eyes, and given that they're covered up for most of this film, it made the times without sunglasses even more telling. The central story of a man arriving in New York and appearing to be deranged and then sent to a lunatic asylum sounds simple enough. He claims to be from another planet and seems to have the power to heal people spiritually and psychologically. One of the joys of the film is that you never quote know whether Spacey really is Prot from the planet K-Pax or Robert Porter, who experienced a devastating trauma in his life. Jeff Bridges as his psychiatrist is convincing as a man becoming distanced from his family, whom Prot is also able to heal. The ending is both sad and happy, like most of the film. I like it because of its originality, its creativity, its fine acting from stars and supporting cast. I like it as well because it doesn't attempt to give the audience neat answers. It's mysterious and powerful because of it. A truly fine film and one worth seeing again and again.

Great movie. Love this

Grand Central Station, New York... ein offensichtlich verwirrter Mann wird von der Polizei aufgegriffen, er kann sich nicht ausweisen und behauptet, sein Name sei "Prot" und er käme vom über 1000 Lichtjahre entfernten Planeten "K-Pax". Da er keine Bedrohung darstellt, wird er in eine psychologische Klinik überstellt, geleitet von Dr. Marc Powell, der von seinem neuen Patienten zunächst genervt, dann aber zunehmend fasziniert ist. Nicht nur, weil "Prot" eine positive Wirkung auf seine Mitpatienten hat... auch weil er mit seinem Fachwissen über einen bestimmten Abschnitt des Weltalls sogar fähige Astrophysiker verblüfft... Dr. Powell versucht, die wahre Identität seines Patienten herauszufinden, und was er erfährt, erschüttert ihn zutiefst. Doch... hat er wirklich die ganze Wahrheit herausgefunden??? Ein wunderbarer Film!!!

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