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An average movie

Posted : 8 years, 4 months ago on 18 November 2015 10:11

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. First of all, I have noticed that some viewers believe that this feature is one of the most underrated movies ever made. Well, it is definitely an intriguing movie with 2 great actors at the top of their game, I’ll give you that, but I still don’t believe it is actually a great movie. I mean, the concept was interesting but I didn’t really dig the way they handled this material. Indeed, I think psychology is really fascinating but you don’t have many movies that really deal well with this subject and this movie was one of those, I’m afraid. Basically, they gave us here a deeply deranged man played by Kevin Spacey and, in this movie, instead of exploring his wounded psyche, they went for the option ‘what if what he said was actually true?’ which was just a rather underwhelming angle. Indeed, because of this approach, the whole psychological aspect, in fact the biggest asset in this flick, was just greatly undermined and what we got instead was some melodramatic fantasy. Basically, the whole theory developed in this movie was that mentally ill patients might actually be telling the truth after all which might be neat for some viewers but I thought it was rather ludicrous and not really compelling. Anyway, to conclude, even though I didn’t really care for this movie, I have to admit that it was rather well done and the actors involved did a fine job so it is still worth a look, in spite of some massive flaws. 



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K-PAX review

Posted : 10 years ago on 9 March 2014 10:21

Outrageously underrated. We must not have watched the same film.
I gave it a 9/10, for the main actors play and the overall bizarre and very strong surreal "atmosphere" of the movie.

Atmosphere is one hard if not the hardest feeling to express on a screen, and this is only achieved by great directors and actors.


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K-Pax

Posted : 14 years, 9 months ago on 27 May 2009 08:05


K-Pax is more about the mysteries and connections between inner and outer space. It's a sentimental film, but it's nice to watch two fine actors sink into decent roles. I didn't get the end of the movie, was he wasn't he? Anyway, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride into spaced-out Spacey-ville.
P.S - Very interesting film.


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