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12/30/06
K-Pax (2001)
41 %
Reviews Counted: 134 Fresh: 55 Rotten:79 Average Rating: 5.1/10
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For those who have seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest or Starman, K-Pax may not hold anything new. The movie works best as a showcase for Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Synopsis: A mysterious man (Kevin Spacey) shows up in Grand Central Station claiming to be an alien, and is promptly taken to a mental institution. When he doesn't respond to medication, he begins seeing a psychiatrist (Jeff Bridges) who is fascinated by him. The man calls himself Prot (rhymes with... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Alfre Woodard, Mary McCormack
Director: Iain Softley
Screenwriter: Charles Leavitt
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Robert F. Colesberry, Susan G. Pollack, Michael Levy
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Screenwriter: Charles Leavitt
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Robert F. Colesberry, Susan G. Pollack, Michael Levy
Composer: Edward Shearmur
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06/24/06
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12/15/03
There is a great movie inside, burning to break free of the shackles of the writers
04/21/02
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04/16/02
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04/15/02
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Go with it ... and this good-looking movie is a moving and cathartic experience.
02/17/02
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12/10/01
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06/09/08
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This being a Hollywood movie, the realistic is soon left out on the curb as quickly as a Christmas tree on December 26, and as mournful-looking.
08/04/07
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.
08/09/06
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It tries to frighten us into doing the right thing by declaring that there is no grace, no forgiveness, and no escape from our lives once we are done living.
01/15/05
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02/25/04
Se Proft não pode levar o corpo consigo, por que desapareceu por três dias do hospício? E como sabe tanto? E por que utilizou o corpo de Robert? E para quê a subtrama envolvendo a família do médico? E por que estou perdendo tempo com esse filme?
07/25/03
Bridges completely steals the show from the more lauded Spacey, who's simply on autopilot throughout.
02/13/03
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