Aaron Paul, Ajay Naidu, Alfre Woodard
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002
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Stats: 3,206 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (3,206)
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July 31, 2008Manhattan psychologist Mark Powell becomes intrigued by the case of a man calling himself Prot who is brought in after being found in Grand Central Station behaving oddly and who insists that he is a visitor from the planet K-PAX. Powell becomes intrigued by Prot?s patient ration...( read more)
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March 1, 2008The movie was great but it would have been better if Jeff Bridges played the Dude and was still a psychiatrist.
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November 18, 2009Good science fiction concept, played out in a way that's only slightly annoying or frustrating. Mostly entertaining.
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November 8, 2009I love this movie, it's my all time favorite, it makes me think about a lot of things, like.. life, the Universe, Philosophy, (Aliens,) Family, etc.etc. =)
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November 5, 2009Good movie. Intelligent story where the doubt about Prot stays untill the end. Hardly any action, but the strenght of the movie is that you dont need it.
Critic Reviews
November 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
October 26, 2001
Claudia Puig, USA Today
A queasy amalgamation of Awakenings, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Starman. full review
October 26, 2001
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Flawed script turns well-acted K-PAX into a near miss. full review
October 26, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I admired how the movie tantalized us with possibilities... full review
October 25, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
A draggy, earnest exercise in pseudo-spiritual uplift, recycling romantic hokum about extraterrestrial life and mental illness with wide-eyed sincerity. full review
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June 18, 2008I like this movie cuz it's alot like a fluffier version of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
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March 4, 2008perfectly made flick.
wonderful story, wonderful music and gorgeos screenplay.
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February 14, 2008I think he was an alien came to earth and went into the other guys body! because he left and the other guy was left here on earth, but the woman he took with her was missing! because she isnt an alien, and she wasnt in anyones body but hers... so he was from K-pax, how else would he have knows the calculations out of his head
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March 28, 2007I say he was because the chick was missing from the hospital and he was supposed to take someone with him, Remember?
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