K-PAX (film)
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K-PAX (2001) is a comedic drama about a mental patient who claims he is an alien. It is never revealed whether this claim is true. During his treatment, the patient/alien, prot, demonstrates an outlook on life that ultimately proves inspirational for his fellow patients and especially for his psychiatrist. The movie was based on a novel of the same name, which received criticism for allegedly ripping off the 1986 Argentinian film entitled Man Facing Southeast, which has a similar plot.
Plot summary
The story opens with a man who calls himself 'prot' (Kevin Spacey) who mysteriously appears in New York City's Grand Central Station. When he claims he is an alien from a planet called 'K-PAX', prot is handed over to a New York hospital psychiatric ward. A Manhattan psychiatrist, Mark Powell (played by Jeff Bridges), is given the task of treating and "curing" prot of his supposed delusions. As the story develops, Dr. Powell becomes quite attached to prot, and starts to believe his seemingly ridiculous claims. The film poses the question: Is prot crazy or is he years ahead of us? We never really know for certain.
See also
- K-PAX (book)
- K-PAXian
- Jeff Bridges himself played an extraterrestrial, in Starman
External links
- [}}}] at Rotten Tomatoes
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