"All films work by denial of reality, and Kevin Spacey as Prot, who may be an alien from K-PAX, which is a planet about 1000 light years from Earth, is aptly named for the part. It is easy to relate to many of the characters and empathise with them. Spacey acts his part superbly, as he must for the film to work. He sent to a psychiatric facility as a delusional case, but being very convincing, all his fellow ward patients believe that he is indeed from K-PAX. He gives them hope and something to live for and even promises to take one of them back to K-PAX with him. Some of them begin to be cured, which makes the shrinks look bad, but will the cures last? There is also a patient-treats-therapist theme, Jeff Bridges as the therapist clearly gets more out of treating Prot than Prot does out of the treatment. Unfortunately, you have to work overtime to suspend your disbelief throughout the film as Prot can resist all known forms of anti-psychotic drug, see in the UV wavelength of the spectrum, and apparently disappear and re-appear at will from a secure facility. Can hypnosis cure him or will it just dig up trouble? Eventually it all has to resolve on Earth, or he will have to beam back to K-PAX in reality thus proving that he is an alien, and then the film will appear to have all been an out-take from Starman, so the film's ending may or may not satisfy."
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar
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Overall Review
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- feelings as an alien growing up among humans
- search for identity/new understanding
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- deluded
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- mental hospital
Kind of city
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- None
