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Summary: Believe
Review: How much are you willing to believe? are you a supersticious person? or a realistic person? this movie answers it all. With an outstanding performance by Academy-award winner Kevin Spacey, this movie is out of this world. The story is about a guy who claims to be from another planet. Is it true or not? watch this thrilling movie and be amazed.An element worth mentioning and probably the first thing that would grab your attention is the music. New-age mixed with techno with a frame of classic music is presented by composer Edward Shearmur to carry you through this mystical journey. It's the kind of movie that makes you run to the book store and buy the book then make a quick run to the music store and buy the soundtrack and then log on to ebay and try to find memoribilia.
i.e. it is highly addictive, a must have for anyone who loves new ideas, needs to put his life in perspective or simply somebody who hates starwars! Buy it and you won't regret it :)
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Summary: planet full of life
Review: great movie and great performance..it's a movie to learn from and not to see and forget..the ideas in the movie are endless.
do we all stink?
does sex complicate life?
can we really treat our problems on our own?
how much do we love our families? and when do we really discover that?
can we be as peacfull ?
pain,suffering ,peace,knowledge,love,hate,rage,revenge,care,love,attension,respect...
kevin spacy, u r awsome
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Summary: A good, but not great, film
Review: Taken from a book by Gene Brewer, this film stays true to the book on most notes. While there are some unnecessary changes made, as there always are, the end product stays true. Jeff Bridges plays the role well, and Kevin Spacey is completely believeable. Also, the score is incredable, one of the best in recent cinema. It is not so powerful that it becomes the movie, but it simply adds mood and mystery to a good, but not great film.
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Summary: Beings of light and ambiguity
Review: One of Hollywood's favorite themes is the "alien among us," and it doesn't have to be someone from a different planet. Such classic films as "Splash," "Mr. Mom," "Tootsie," and "The Fisher King" draw us in because they are stories of outsiders in unfamiliar situations, who as such shed new light on people, places, and conventional wisdom."K-Pax" falls neatly into this type of film, and the filmmakers did a good job of maintaining the ambiguity over whether this character is or is not really someone who "traveled to Earth on a beam of light." Kevin Spacey's character is altogether convincing as an alien, although one often wonders if an alien would truly reveal so much about his true identity and origins. In the reality constructed by the screenwriter(s), this is apparently not a problem, while a more paranoid perspective would force the character to mask his/her identity for fear of the "guinea pig syndrome." I found no wasted space in this film, and the questions I had left were not those that I feel it is the film's job to answer. In other words, the ambiguity is part of the message, and there's seemingly no fat to trim out of its 2-hour length (although I could nitpick that the main titles dragged interminably at the film's open). I still wonder what happened to the person who the alien supposedly "took with" him. Definitely worth watching at least a couple of times. Very engrossing, thoughtful, and thought-provoking. No film is perfect, and there are a couple of "convenient" devices employed by the filmmakers to get their story told as compactly as possible. I think the only disappointed viewers of this film would be those who can't sit still without a space battle or gun play.
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Summary: Alien or Mental Patient--you decide
Review: We had a recommendation to see "K-Pax" from a friend, but the reviews were so mixed. Seems either you love this film or it just leaves you cold. We fell into the "loves it" group and really admired K-Pax. First, it has Kevin Spacey, who is a marvelous actor. This is a chance to see him carry a whole film, though one can't discount Jeff Bridges for his admirable job in the supporting role. When the film opens, Spacey shows up in a train station, sans luggage, and no good way of explaining how he got there. Naturally, he is hauled off by the police for being "wrong." His explanation of his origins (he's "Prot", from the planet K-Pax in the constellation Lyra) earn him a one-way ticket to the mental hospital. His doctor, played by Bridges, is fascinated, not because he believes Prot's story, but because he cannot immediately and definitely diagnose his mental illness. As a dillusional patient, Prot doesn't fit the normal profile. As the film unfolds, we are toyed with--is Prot the real thing, an alien from outer space (after all, he eats bananas, skin and all) or is he deeply ill? The delicious part of the film is the constant re-adjustment we do to figure out what's going on. The humor, exquisitely played by Spacey's masterful deadpan, is delightful but never takes away from the drama and seriousness of other moments. The end of the film could have been played a number of ways (the DVD gives you an alternate ending) but I like the one they chose to finish the film. The production is tight, the script is exquisitely written--not a scene or word out of place and the filming is discrete but masterful. Add in some great performances by the leads and supporting actors and you have one fine little film. The sound on the DVD is unremarkable. The extras include a few scenes that were wisely cut from the film --always a treat to see good editing at work. The piano score is pleasant, but it repeats one motif endlessly while you set up the DVD and drove me nuts. Uh....maybe I shouldn't say "nuts."
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Summary: Excellent movie
Review: This is a must see for all Kevin Spacey fans. Spacey is outstanding as usual - building on his now impressive body of work in diverse roles. I am glad to see Bridges too shine in this warm movie. He has not been presented with too many decent movie roles recently but proves here that he can act. I have been waiting since the days of "White Squall" and "Arlington Road" to see Bridges in form and am not disapponted here. You will get the gist of the plot from other reviews but do see this movie. You will not be disappointed. Some great life lessons to be learnt in the process! Two thumbs up!
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Summary: OK Movie
Review: Nice movie, nice acting, specially Kevin Spacey, in a very spacey performance. VERY similar to a mid 80s Argentine
film, called Man Facing Southeast.
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Summary: great film, though a bit contrived at times
Review: Kevin Spacey plays Prot, a man mysteriously found in NYC who claims to be from the planet K-Pax. He is put in psychiatric care under the doctor played by Jeff Bridges. The main storyline surrounding who is Prot, where he came from, why he believes he is an alien and how he makes everyone else believe he might be is far more interesting than the part about Bridges' life. Apparently, treating this unusual patient is supposed to open Bridges' eyes to his own life blah blah blah. WHO cares???? He has a son from a former marriage whom he never sees. He needs an alien sighting to help him with that? Sad. Prot gives the other inpatients at the clinic hope. He starts an essay contest, promising to take one of them home to K-Pax with him at an appointed date and time. Using the date and time Prot gives, Bridges works backwards to find out what had happened a year beforehand to produce a character like Prot. It's interesting, well worth your time to watch it!
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Summary: K-PAX Are We Alone ? . . .
Review: This is a great but strange movie I saw it for free on TV
this would be my second time watching it I like the music on it the dvd I cant tell you about cause I never had the dvd but I can tell you this DVD are better then vhs however dvds kinda get smears and all that but as long as you keep care of your dvds you wont have that problem lol I say clean your dvds once ever 5 showings witha cd doctor kit this movie makes you kinda think and I like movies like that lol cause they kinda are the ones that really have a story well got to go hey if this helpd you please hit YES on the right there thank you bye now
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Summary: Star-crossed?
Review: I liked this movie, despite its being somewhat schizoid because of the contrast between the first half and the second half of the movie. The first half of the movie has a much lighter tone and is the most fun, as we learn about Prot, Spacey's otherworldly (literally) character from the planet K-PAX, and the relationship between Bridges, the psychiatrist, and Spacey, is developed. The scene where Spacey confounds the astronomers with his knowledge of astrophysics is especially good. But the movie takes on a distinctly dark and sinister tone in the second half, as Dr. Powell becomes convinced that Spacey could turn violent and sets out to discover the true nature of Spacey's past, which leads him to an abandoned farm in New Mexico. My only big complaint is that they could have found a better ending. By the end of the movie, you've come to like and sympathize with the unworldly, eccentric but likable Prot character, but then he basiclly turns into a vegetable at the end of the film. But except for that, overall I enjoyed the movie. I like both Bridges and Spacey as actors, and this time Bridges plays the earthling instead of the alien visitor, as he did in the 80's movie, Starman.
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