K-PAX (2001) movie poster

K-PAX (2001)

"Change the way you look at the world."
ThumbScore
👍 83%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 45%
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Director
Iain Softley
Runtime
2h
Rated
PG-13
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.2/10 (2,689 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
41%
Metacritic
49

Cast

Jeff Bridges as Dr. Mark Powell · 73% avg
Kevin Spacey as Prot · 73% avg
Mary McCormack as Rachel Powell · 68% avg
Alfre Woodard as Claudia Villars · 73% avg
David Patrick Kelly as Howie · 79% avg
Saul Williams as Ernie
Peter Gerety as Sal · 75% avg
Celia Weston as Mrs. Archer · 70% avg

Is K-PAX good?

Most people think so. 83% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 45%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#232 / 1040 · Science Fiction
Rank in its year
#51 / 146 · 2001
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 5 · Iain Softley
On ThumbScore's lists
25 Best Free Full-Length Sci-Fi Movies on YouTube (#15) · 25 Best Free Full-Length Mystery Movies on YouTube (#18)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 153💬 188 comments
K-PAX (2001): Was Prot Really an Alien or a Traumatised Human?
Just saw K-PAX (2001) for the first time and I'm honestly not sure what to think. Prot acts and talks like he really could be from another planet,... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "Both. Prot was inhabiting the body of Robert Porter."
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