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K-PAX (2001) Rank 5 Reviews

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K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
While the story of K-PAX is generally uplifting and whimsical (with a few dark overtones), its text is burdened with tired old conventions too obvious for director Softley not to notice. For instance, as in so many doctor-patient movies, the doctor has ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Parent PreviewsParent Previews
SHORTLY AFTER HIS "ARRIVAL" in New York's Grand Central Station, Prot (Kevin Spacey) is detained by the local police. When he claims to be a visitor from the planet K-PAX, he's shuffled off to the Psychiatric Institute in ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Parent Previews
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movies for GuysMovies for Guys
Prot is a real hit with his fellow patients in the institution and proves to be very helpful to many. The entire premise of the movie makes for some humorous moments. And the movie very ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Movies for Guys
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Spacey's performance creates a spell that lingers long after the lights come back on. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
A bizarre mix of pandering crowd-pleaser and subtly intelligent supernatural mystery ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
"K-Pax" has a couple of daunting movie cliché obstacles to overcome: the only-in-movies "land of cute crazy people" setting and the always popular "patient heals the doctor" theme. Despite all of that and an unwise decision to tie things up too neatly ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
It seems with every movie that Kevin Spacey puts out, he only strengthens the notion that he is one of this generation's greatest actors. And with K-PAX, this is certainly no exception. Here he enters the wonderfully ambiguous role of Prot, who is ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The King's Room (Paul Perkins)The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Popkorn JunkieThe Popkorn Junkie
Are we alone in the universe? Do you believe in aliens? What do aliens look like? If you ever saw an alien, how would you know it's an alien? What if aliens could look like people? What if the mental patients that think they are aliens really are ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
ks back in the late 80's or so and was turned down by Steve Guttenberg of all people. But I guess with Leavitt's pen and Spacey leading, K-Pax finally saw the light of day. Leavitt may have a little help from Cocoon and The Awakenings but he still found ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic (Scott Weinberg)DVD Clinic (Scott Weinberg)
As a showcase for Spacey and Bridges, K-PAX is certainly a worthwhile movie, but the flick itself leaves too many questions unanswered and often moves at a snail’s pace. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at DVD Clinic (Scott Weinberg)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
I'm glad to report that this is a movie for which previews do not do it justice. The trailers I saw for the movie led me to believe that it was going to be a typical Hollywood "feel good" drama about an alien who comes to Earth and after a series of ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at IMDB.com
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
An interesting movie. I can't say that there was anything specific about this film that bowled me over (other than the consistency of Jeff Bridges' great hair), but I was never bored by it either, and was actually quite engaged by the flick, despite ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
K-PAX is the name of the planet that Prot (played by Kevin Spacey) claims to come from.  Of course, claiming to come from any planet other than Earth will most likely get your ass tossed in the loony bin, and that is precisely where Prot's ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
An innocent bystander is detained at Grand Central Station after claiming to be from the distant planet K-PAX, 1000 light-years away - his name is Prot (Kevin Spacey). He eventually winds up in the mental ward of a public hospital under the care of ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at The Movie Chicks
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for ESpy.ca (Jayson Hopkins)ESpy.ca (Jayson Hopkins)
I knew the moment I saw the first preview that producers were trying to create an Oscar-worthy project and therein lies the fault. It seems that whenever Hollywood sets out to simply make a good film, it is more likely to be considered for nomination. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at ESpy.ca (Jayson Hopkins)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
... Kevin Spacey adds another scene- and line-stealing character to his repertoire... ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
But in New York, miracles can happen. Just look at the indomitable Yankees. Their recent string of 9th inning heroics to overcome defeat was inspiring. And so is Kevin Spacey, who plays Prot, a mysterious patient that is assigned to the weary doctor. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at IMDB.com
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Zone ReviewEntertainment Zone Review
In K-PAX, two time Academy Award (R) winner Kevin Spacey portrays in innocuous man detained at Grand Central Station in the aftermath of a mugging. Multiple Academy Award (R) nominee Jeff Bridges plays a seasoned psychiatrist at an under-staffed public ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Entertainment Zone Review
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Rita Kempley)Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
You meet the nicest people in Hollywood's mental hospitals now that Nurse Ratched no longer serves the Thorazine cocktails. The doctors are caring, the inmates are quirky and the wards bespeak feng shui. Such is the case in the fanciful "K-Pax," a ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Oh the irony, Kevin Spacey plays a man who appears to be from outer space - his home planet: K-PAX. Initially, the film follows the familiar orbits of other humanoid-on-Earth or ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Soon he is under observation by Dr. Powell (Jeff Bridges) who of course, views his claims of coming from K-PAX, a planet 1,000 light years away, with more than a great deal of skepticism. Two things cause the doctor to view Prot differently than most ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
I f a visitor from another planet appeared among us in human form and told the truth about his origins, no doubt he would be treated like Prot, the hero of ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The trouble is in Charles Leavitt's script (based on the Gene Brewer novel), which has an ending that tries to have its cake and eat it, too. That is to say, it's ambiguous and unsatisfying. Keeping us guessing is good for a while, but ultimately, ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
...a refreshingly uplifting story about the best of humanity. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Like American Beauty, however, K-Pax is also restrained by the sometimes awkward minimalism on the keys. For a film with such magical content, Shearmur barely scratches the surface when it comes to mystery and intrigue. Mere ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
For British director Iain Softley, this is a much different project from his previous venture, The Wings of the Dove. Here, he has crafted a modern day fable with an unusual fish out of water as the protagonist. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
I rather like the whole mystic- crystal-revelations aspect of K-PAX . ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Spacey and Bridges are so good -- and so good together -- that they keep the options and explanations open right up to the movie's bittersweet end. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Bradley Null)filmcritic.com (Bradley Null)
It would be an exaggeration to say that there are no original ideas anymore, that every movie fits some formula we’ve seen before. But, ya know, the claim isn’t that far off the mark, and if the shoe fits... So the genre we're talking ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at filmcritic.com (Bradley Null)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Universal Pictures presents a film directed by Iain Softley. Written by Charles Leavitt. Based on the novel by Gene Brewer. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for sequence of violent images, and brief language and sensuality). Critics generally ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at ShowBIZ Data
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
K-PAX THREE STARS – THOUGHT-PROVOKING     Appearing mysteriously one day in Grand Central Terminal in New York City, Prot (Kevin Spacy) claims to be a visitor from K-Pax.   On a five-year mission, we learn that he is ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
"K-Pax" would have been a four-star picture if it had followed through to some great truth, or if it had simply carried on observing its fascinating creation. But the last act is all about Bridges finding out facts that cast doubt on Spacey's ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Jamey Hughton's Movie Views (Jamey Hughton)Jamey Hughton's Movie Views (Jamey Hughton)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Manages to intrigue without overplotting and uplift without overmanipulating. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Dennis Lim)Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
It's pure pleasure to witness Kevin Spacey commanding the screen, and Jeff Bridges ain't exactly a rank amateur. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Kevin Spacey alone is worth seeing the movie for. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
...a thoroughly satisfying ride and a very thought-provoking experience. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Divertida, original y por momentos profundamente filosófica. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.95 out of 4 stars for Almost Fabulous Movie ReviewsAlmost Fabulous Movie Reviews
Well my goodness, isn't that a feel-good movie. Careful with the symbolism though, cuz ya keep getting smacked between the eyes ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
It’s fun to watch the two talented stars, but everything else here is old news and just not very interesting. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for iofilm.co.uk (The Wolf)iofilm.co.uk (The Wolf)
If a man claiming to have travelled 1000 light years on a light beam from the planet K-Pax landed on earth tomorrow, the chances are we'd throw him into the nearest loony bin. There he would remain until he could show us his blood was green or he ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at iofilm.co.uk (The Wolf)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Keith Uhlich)ToxicUniverse.com (Keith Uhlich)
K-PAX is not a masterpiece. It is best viewed for the scenes where Bridges and Spacey interact, and then only ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Keith Uhlich)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
In K-PAX, Kevin Spacey plays a man who calls himself Prot and may or may not be an extraterrestrial from a planet 1,000 light years away. This is what he claims, at any rate, and it is why the New York authorities ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
K-Pax is about a genial workaholic shrink at a fancy Manhattan psychiatric hospital, Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges), treating a highly intellectual and gentle man who calls himself Prot (Kevin Spacey) and insists he comes from an unknown planet called ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
“Well, ” the guy says, “To answer your first question, we K-PAXians don’t use spaceships, we have technology that lets us move about as though we were photons. And to answer your second question,” he says, “I’m ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
Mary McCormack and Jeff Bridges in K-PAX.First let it be said that the messages this movie sends out are not a bad ones: Spend more time with your family, we only go around once in life, so make it count, and we can learn much about living from the ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
1 Warning: Ending spoilers follow. Do not read unless you have seen the film. One can suppose that Prot's body is not really Prot, but merely the human vessel that Prot occupies, having been given the opportunity when the body's original owner, Robert, ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
“K-Pax” is one of the more sleazy representations in recent memory of Hollywood’s favorite tricks—where writers and studio executives drudge up a hook, bombard us with familiar messages and imagery and then find a pseudo-original ending that ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Every psychiatrist who owns a couch has probably encountered someone claiming to come from outer space. It's just that Prot (Kevin Spacey) is more convincing than most mental patients.In fact, Prot has Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Film is always a collaborative process, and while a director, actor, or even screenwriter might dictate the overall vision, their efforts cannot exist in a vacuum. K-PAX assumes too much from its marquee player while refusing to offer any ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
Review: "K-PAX" is probably a better movie than it should have been. Much of this is due to Kevin Spacey, who proves once again what a versatile talent he is. As Prot, Spacey owns this film; he's charismatic, funny, enigmatic and -- at just the right ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at IMDB.com
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
Prot (Kevin Spacey) is a curious fellow. Arriving, it would seem, on a beam of light, he emerges in the midst of a crowd in Grand Central Station, claiming he's from the planet K-PAX and eager to sample our produce, particularly Red Delicious apples and ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at IMDB.com
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
There are certain mysteries of the universe and life that will not be solved in the foreseeable future. K-PAX deals with two obvious ones: 1.) Is there life beyond our planet; and 2.) what can possibly bring a person over the edge of sanity? The ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
The slender tale has been loaded down with so much Hollywood contrivance and phony piety that it collapses under the weight. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
If K-PAX's conclusion is a bit too glib, too pat for what it's trying to do, it's an honorable attempt to create a thoughtful entertainment, and it's got the kind of acting worth visiting from another planet to experience. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Tom Grealis)RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Tom Grealis)
Bridges completely steals the show from the more lauded Spacey, who's simply on autopilot throughout. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Tom Grealis)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Entertaining for so long it's a downer to sit through the dumbed-down finale. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Prot’s innocence opens us to relations, society, importance of family, and his strong parallels to Jesus. These complex, mixed messages may need guidance from parents. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Rita Kempley)Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
A warm, fuzzy and funny duet between [Kevin] Spacey and [Jeff] Bridges. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Mr. Showbiz (Cody Clark)Mr. Showbiz (Cody Clark)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
If it's late October, then it must Oscar season, that time of year when high-concept dramas, over-stuffed with respected stars and peerless production values, land in the multiplexes with all the subtlety of a flaming arrow. This year's first bloated ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Reel.com
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
The K-PAX of the eponymous film is, contrary to its sound, neither a television nor radio station. It's the distant planet from which a New York mental patient known only as Prot (Kevin Spacey) claims to be visiting. A two-time Oscar winner playing ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
However heady the experience of Bridges' gravity and Spacey's otherworldliness, the film is a head-scratcher for anyone who would try to reconcile its narrative ambiguities. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Based on the novel by Gene Brewer, K-PAX is the story of Prot (Spacey), a man who claims to have traveled to Earth from another planet (the K-PAX of the title). Appearing in Grand Central Station one day, he's quickly hustled off to a psychiatric ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
With all the horrible events dominating the headlines these days, it's easy to get discouraged. That's why now more than ever, we could use a Hollywood movie that restores our faith in humanity ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
A bit of a disappointment, given the talent involved – it looks good and has a decent premise, but both actors are on auto-pilot and the end result is over-long and very slow.On paper, it must have looked great – a film starring both Kevin Spacey and ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for SF, Horror and Fantasy Film ReviewSF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Upon opening, K-PAX was taken in and celebrated by the people who regard the mawkish, simplistic likes of Forrest Gump ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for IMDB.comIMDB.com
And to make matters worse, we have the motley crew of patients that irritate in ways I cannot begin to describe. They just aren't engaging in any way, nothing like the similar group of patients in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" or "Awakenings." Here ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at IMDB.com
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
The supporting characters (including Alfre Woodard as another psychiatrist) are so sketchily drawn that the disappointing "K-PAX" virtually becomes a two-character film - a mighty talky one with an utterly banal ending. Unfortunately, ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
The staff seems exceptionally willing to encourage the patients’ creative side, allowing an essay contest and party to celebrate their collective neuroses. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
It sometimes takes an alien to remind us of how to be truly human. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
A nonsensical therapeutic melodrma about the shifting relationship between a mentally disturbed patient (badly acted by Spacey), who claims to be from another planet, and his problematic shrink (the reliable Jeff Bridges) who goes through menopause. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
A draggy, earnest exercise in pseudo-spiritual uplift, recycling romantic hokum about extraterrestrial life and mental illness with wide-eyed sincerity. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
... a mixed bag, containing some interesting moment but filled with unrealized secondary characters. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Can't you just smell the pretension? Probably not, given the other ways in which this film stinks. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
A confused concoction that lacks magic, poignancy, or urgency. It does, however, achieve boredom on more than a couple occasions. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
When Prot engages the Powell family dog in conversation, it explains the inevitable success of K-Pax: idiots speaking to simpletons in their native tongue ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for That Cow (Andrew Bradford)That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Despite a fair amount of curiosity, I avoided catching K-Pax when it was in theatrical release. I felt I'd pretty much seen this before: someone brought into an institution who appears sane, but off-kilter in a way the staff is ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Frank Lovece)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Frank Lovece)
The latest offender in the odd 'let's see what the cute and funny mentally ill can teach us' genre, this mystery/ domestic drama commits all the usual sins and cliches. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Frank Lovece)
K-PAX (2001) scores a combined 0.00 out of 4 stars for Matinee Magazine (Jeremiah Kipp)Matinee Magazine (Jeremiah Kipp)
It professes to be good for viewers by kicking them below the knee, thereby testing their sensitivity reflexes. ...read the complete K-PAX movie review at Matinee Magazine (Jeremiah Kipp)
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K-PAX (2001) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.6660
K-PAX (2001) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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