Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Paul J. Nemecek In K-PAX , Kevin Spacey plays Prot, a rather skuzzy-looking character who claims to be from the planet K-PAX which is located in an entirely different solar system. That Prot is a messiah figure is clear from our very first glimpse of him as he arrives on a beam of light. The messianic imagery becomes more pronounced as he is quizzed by the elders and heals those around him.But Prot is a quirky messiah and Kevin Spacey chews up the scenery (as well as some bananas) in this role that is made-to-order for Spacey's abilities. Jeff Bridges turns in a solid performance as the psychiatrist who works with Prot at the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, Prot's home for most of the story.There are elements of this story that reminded me of many other films. First among these is Starman wherein Bridges plays the alien messiah figure. It also reminded me of John Travolta in Michael. The relationship between psychiatrist and patient is very reminiscent of The Adventures of Don Juan De Marco and Good Will Hunting, movies in which the healers are themselves healed as a result of their interactions. Astute observers may also note similarities to Awakenings, Patch Adams, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.It is a tribute to the director that the film transcends its indebtedness and manages to borrow plot devices and yet weave them into a story that is engaging and original. In spite of the similarities mentioned above, I was engaged throughout the film and was never sure where the storyteller's were taking me next. In fact, at the end of the film the viewer will be left uncertain still. The ambiguity of the ending is one of the strengths of the film. This is one of those "yeah, but" films. That is, as my wife and I talked about the film the whole way home, we found ourselves saying, "yeah, but what if . . .".I do have one minor complaint. There is one line at the very end that I will call "neobabble"-new age theological babble inserted as a kind of moral to the story. It diminished the film's ending somewhat and was pretty unnecessary. Other than that, the film gets a big "thumbs up" for an innovative story and a "stellar" performance by Kevin Spacey. This film does not have all of the answers, but it might get you thinking about some of the questions.

nagsaptarshi I don't know. Just,just I don't know if it is the best.There have been plenty.E.T, Contact,even Cameron's Aliens are some of the best.Forget about the planet of X,Y,Z.Till.Till the time I watched it...It is devoid of some gun power, if you are into that thing for an alien movie.Its devoid of scenes where a giant alien is hovering over L.A and the US Air force is trying to bring it down.You are not going to find a skimpily clad fallen angel here.But what you are going to have is worth of a lifetime.An alien.Pun intended. An alien who is going back to his own planet.And before that he needs to finish a Herculean task of changing human psychology of how you take your things.May be a doctor- patient,a wife-husband, a son-father or may be even inter-inmates- relationship - this film cleverly did not distinguish any human distinctions or any boundaries just the way our Prot did not know about any relation, families or even boundaries back home.There are no thrilling stunts, there are no aerial adventures, still it gets you clung to to your seat while you watch it just because it remained correct in one thing-there is still time to rectify the human errs, there is still scopes to make amends for the follies we make in our daily lives.We do not get to see what the people of K-Pax are like, but we realize what magic can human emotions do.Do we really need to be reminded of what the protagonists are capable of? Haven't we watched the American Beauty or the Crazy Heart? We know by now what Kevin Spacey or Jeff Bridges can deliver.Something unearthly beautiful when their skills are so beautifully portrayed on screen.And if those merge? Bingo...So here we go.See the fire powers together in the same frame while you hail Mr.Iain Softley for making this brilliant movie.Emotional,power packed,humane- K-PAX is an unforgettable experience of a lifetime...

muvi-fan-73 K-PAX is a movie about a person, who says that he is from another planet. He thus is institutionalized in psychiatric department. In spite of taking medicines prescribed by doctors he continues to behave same way. Being from planet K-PAX, he even provides proper details and other facts related to the scientific jury specially assigned. The institution where he is hospitalized he makes special relations with the members there. There is an incidence related to blue bird. He promises the hospitalized members about his departure to his planet with date and that he is going to take only one person who writes the best note for him. He does that and story ends.Gradually in story it is said, he is a troubled family person. He also fears water; the film provides us with reason for same. Then what was the reason he behaved in such a manner. Well there are many theories but the one that I like goes like this. In various cultures we have heard about possession by negative entities, where the people are not in their own mind. A positive spiritual entity is capable of doing same but may be it respects ones different nature or simply it doesn't want to hurt. Maybe there's an alien race so superior that understands this and it blew other life in someone only for little time to show communication. There's a little bit of brain work here but I loved it and expect the same from most of the audience. Thus I recommend it.Rating: 10/10

gavin6942 Prot (Kevin Spacey) is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet called K-PAX. His psychiatrist (Jeff Bridges) tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.Apparently, at one point Will Smith was supposed to be Prot and Kevin Spacey was the doctor. That is completely unimaginable. Smith is a bit of a stretch for the alien role (though he could do it), and Spacey is clearly stronger as the alien than as a doctor (though he is always great).What makes this film so good is that while the viewer believes that Prot is an alien, it is never definitely established. Every so often the doctor throws in a doubt here or there. The line between genius and madman is dangerously thin.Roger Ebert wrote, "I admired how the movie tantalized us with possibilities and allowed the doctor and patient to talk sensibly, if strangely, about the difference between the delusional and that which is simply very unlikely." The film was also alleged to be plagiarized from "Man Facing Southeast" (1986), an Argentinian movie. As I have never seen that film, I cannot comment on any similarities.