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Summary: Great film. Sort of E.T for adults
Review: K-Pax is wonderful movie with great acting from Jeff Bridges and of course, Kevin Spacey. To describe what the movie is about, I think it is best to consider this as an adult version of E.T. Jeff Bridges play a psychiatrist who has to determine whether a patient (Kevin Spacey) is really an alien from planet K-Pax or just a man with traumatic past. Both actors kept the audience thinking and guessing what will happen next but at the same it keeps you entertain as well. The DVD itself is quite nice. Loaded with usual features (behind the scenes, director's commentary) and nice picture and sound quality. The Digital surround sound (both Dolby and DTS) provide nice ambience and the picture is sharp and clear. Highly recommended DVD.
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Summary: Interesting Idea-Terrible Execution
Review: When I first heard of this movie I thought it was a remake of the great Argentinian movie "Man Facing Southeast". The plot is almost the same but that's where the similarities end. "Man Facing Southeast" was an intelligent movie while this was a slow moving, dissapointing mess. From the first scene I knew it was not a very good script. Why was Kevin Spacey's character arrested and taken to a mental hospital, just for saying he was from another planet? Come on, this is Grand Central in New York. Do you think New York police arrest every nut on the street without any valid reason? It just seemed that much of the action in this film was forced, just to move the plot along with no regard for some semblance of reality. Some great actors were totally wasted in this film. Better luck next time!
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Summary: BE OPEN
Review: THERE ARE SO MANY BAD REVIEWS ON THIS MOVIE/VIDEO THAT IT ALWAYS MAKES ME WONDER, "IF THE CRITICS ARE SO DAMN SMART WHY DON'T THEY PRODUCE THEIR OWN MOVIES"!
HAVING SAID THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT VIEWERS WHO ARE TUNED IN TO THIS TYPE OF STORY KEEP AN OPEN AND THOUGHTFUL ATTITUDE WHILE WATCHING THIS VIDEO.
WE PROBABLY ALL KNOW BY NOW THAT THERE AREN'T ANY NEW STORIES AND SO IT IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE MATERIAL WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
I PERSONALLY THOUGHT THIS VIDEO TO BE GREAT FUN AND LIKED IT VERY MUCH AND WOULD ADVISE THAT YOU WATCH IT IN THE BEST, UNINTERRUPTED, ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE AND "PAY ATTENTION" TO THE DETAILS IN THE CONVERSATION.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT WATCH IT ON DVD YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT NOTICE A CLUE GIVEN TO YOU NEAR THE END WHEN PROT (OR IS IT?)PLAYED BY SPACEY, IS WHEELED OUT OF HIS ROOM. IT IS HARD TO NOTICE THAT HIS NOSE IS DIFFERENT. I GOT THIS FROM THE NARRATION ON THE DVD AND SO IT IS SOMETING THAT MOVIEGOERS AND VHS VIEWERS PROBABLY DID NOT NOTICE.(THIS IS WHY I GAVE IT 4 STARS)
WITH ALL OF THIS IN MIND I HOPE YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT WILL GET A GREAT DEAL OF ENJOYMENT FROM THIS MOVIE AS YOU SPEND TIME LATER PUTTING TOGETHER THE CLUES THAT GIVE YOU A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATERIAL PRESENTED.
THE BOOK FROM WHICH THIS MOVIE WAS TAKEN ALSO HAS A SECOND AND THIRD SEQUEL TO IT AND SO IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED YOU MIGHT WANT TO PURSUE THE STORY BEYOND THIS MOVIE.
LOOK FOR THE GOOD AND YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
MIKE
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Summary: Man Facing Southeast remake?
Review: In the credits no reference is made to the remarquable 1986 Argentinean film "Man Facing Southeast". Even if there is no admitted connection between the two, K-PAX could easily be mistaken for a remake of this movie, and not a very good remake at that. It lacks the deapt and refinement of the "original". So why bother with K-PAX, if you can find "Man Facing Southeast" treat yourself to a real masterpiece, one of the best movies ever made.
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Summary: Another Excellent film with Kevin Spacey!
Review: Only two words... MUST BUY!!That's all I've got to say this film is full of suprises and is not worth explaining because if i would, i would mess up all the suprises so definitley watch this film!!
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Summary: So slooooooooooow!
Review: I defied the bad reviews and was convinced (mostly by the quirky, humorous trailer) that I'd like this movie. And it does start off well, Kevin Spacey immediately using his odd, inimitable persona to good effect in the first 10 minutes of the film. But as the minutes ticked past, the movie began to slow down...and down...and then some more. The narrative simply lumbered to a near-somnambulic pace, and the central question of "Who is this character?" loses its fascination. Somewhere around the 20-minute mark, the movie begins to manifest its schizophrenic lack of identity: It can't decide whether it wants to be Awakenings, E.T., or The Sixth Sense. And by trying to cop elements from each (Awakenings for its institutional spiritual-healing theme, E.T. for the obvious alien fantasy, and The Sixth Sense for plot twists), K-Pax succeeds in evoking none of them, all the while throwing legions of shallow characters, photogenic but overlong shots, and deadbeat astronomical terms at you. Spacey works acceptably, but this was not one of his best roles; the cop-out ambiguity that the script gave to his character does not permit him to explore either the alien or human aspect of his character fully. While he has good moments, such as in the flashbacks near the end, even his unique charisma wears thin after a while. The "hypnosis" sequences are so painfully long and drawn out that I almost nodded off. And Jeff Bridges' character is a cardboard-cutout professional-neglecting-his-family type; Dr. Powell's relationship with his son was never explored, nor does the film really deepen why he is neglecting his wife. And the not-so-interesting subplot involving the patients at the mental institution is given a tremendous amount of weight, but when it "resolves" at the end ("Bess"), it is entirely unsatisfying. Director Iain Softley's languishing style and overuse of music don't help; like his previous works Hackers and The Wings of the Dove, it all adds up to much ado about nothing, too much time spent exploring too little content. All through this movie I kept asking the question, "So what?" So what if Prot is human or not? So what if the patients did this and that? So what if a certain star system is a certain way, and so what about "bluebirds"? Not even Bridges and Spacey could save this one. K-Pax should've been about an hour and twenty minutes long. Instead, clocking in at over two hours, it feels like stargazing on a cloudy night: Nothing illuminated, nothing gained.
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Summary: Out of this world
Review: This movie was spectacular. Everyone should see it. It is full of suspense and wonder. A man appears in a train station and claims to be from the planet K-PAX. He is put in a mental institue and is questioned. His answers are so detailed, that some people actually begin to believe him. One of the reviews on here must have been written by a 10 year old because they said that the ending was terrible because he wasnt really from K-PAx. This is true and not true at the same time...but it has a much deeper meaning that may take some thinking about to understand. This is a phonomenal movie with great acting and effects.
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Summary: Very good Movie Buuut...
Review: The Ending is very confusing. Which i guess was the point. To get you to come to your own conclusion. On one hand you think he is human but then how did he know all that stuff about that distant Solar System. Where did that Women at the end go? Then you think well he was an Alien. But then What about the sessions he had where he went back in time? The year book pic? That prooves he was a human. But that doesn't explain how he knew all that stuff lol. Just confussing lol.
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Summary: Spacey and Bridges are the reasons the see this
Review: I wish I could be more enthusiastic about "K-PAX" because it has a lot going for it. It pairs two of the world's greatest actors, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. It is exquisitely photographed and carefully edited. A well-meaning film, it does its utmost to celebrate the human spirit. In the end, however, it is like a gourmet meal that's great looking but, unfortunately, has an ingredient or two missing. We first meet Prot [Spacey] in New York's Grand Central Station where he is mistakenly accused of a mugging. When he confidently states that he's from K-PAX, a planet 1,000 light years from here, he gets sent to a psychiatric hospital. Dr. Mark Powell [Bridges], the doctor assigned to treat him, discovers that Prot is both remarkably intelligent and highly convincing. As time goes on, some intriguing incidents cause Powell, who is experiencing problems in his own life, to consider that his patient may be telling the truth. At the same time, the doctor is too professional and well-trained to give in easily to such a bizarre possibility. Despite the conventional plot device of a supposedly delusional man's being placed in an institution, the story works well for the first half, thanks in large part to the actors and to director Iain Softley's keen instincts. The story begins to crumble when Powell decides to hypnotize Prot. This leads to a lot of psycho-babble about repressed memories. While these scenes serve to keep up the suspense over whether or not Prot is an alien, they also signal that the filmmakers were running out of ideas - or at least ideas they felt the average movie-goer would accept. In defense of 'K-PAX', making a convincing movie about a super intelligent alien can't be easy. A very bright writer can occasionally come up with ideas that truly seem to originate in another world. But even when he or she does this, these ideas must be watered down for the average person to understand them. Since commercial movies are by nature a mass medium, this dilution process is a given. Thankfully, it isn't possible to dilute the intelligence or the talent of either Mr. Spacey or Mr. Bridges. They nearly cause the movie to succeed in spite of itself.
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Summary: SLOW NO ACTION
Review: This movie is just too slow and draggy. They had an opportunity to put out a great movie with twists and turns that included some action. But instead they threw out a movie that was just slow and moody. Most of the Movie took place inside a mental hospitial. This was not a horrible movie but I would not recommend it to my friends.
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