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Mary Mara Abby as Abby. Iain Softley. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Is he crazy? Rated PG for a sequence of violent images, and brief language and sensuality. Did you know Edit. Trivia Prot's signature sunglasses are actually a favorite pair owned and worn by U2's frontman, Bono.

Kevin Spacey asked to borrow them for the film, which Bono agreed to under the condition that they were well cared for and were returned immediately upon completion of the film. Goofs When Dr. Quotes Prot : I wanna tell you something Mark, something you do not yet know, that we K-PAXians have been around long enough to have discovered.

Crazy credits After the credits, there's a view of the stars and then Dr. He walks in his yard, and the movie ends. User reviews Review. Top review. One of the most underrated films of the past decade. Due to a very misleading advertising campaign, I saw this film in theatres at the relatively young age of The trailers on TV portrayed the film as a comedy, and I bugged my parents until they took me.

After seeing the movie, I was blown away. I had no idea what to think. Totally different than anything I had seen before, leaving far to many questions for such a young mind. Needless to say, I loved it. This morning was the first time I'd watched in in probably years, and I still think it's one of the greatest films made in the last decade. Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are both in top form, as a mysterious man who may or may not be from another planet, and the psychiatrist that develops a bond with him while trying to decipher his mystery.

The supporting cast are near perfect as well, each resident of the mental institution is incredibly convincing in their own way. The open ending was handled very well, giving lots of evidence to support whatever you believe happened in the end. How this movie failed to receive at least a nomination in that year's Oscars is beyond me.

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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 9 years, 10 months ago. Active 8 years, 1 month ago. Viewed k times. He is truly an alien. There are facts that indicate 1, but also 2. Examples: He seems to respond to hypnosis, has a sort of phobia of water, looks just like his friend and doesn't physically leave.

How should the whole movie be interpreted, especially the ending? Improve this question. Drew Chapin 3, 2 2 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges. Dragos Dragos 2, 3 3 gold badges 18 18 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges. Either it was a very bizarre delusion, or Prot is real, and was inhabiting the body of Robert Porter.

I think the idea is to wonder, not to conclude. IgbyLargeman Yes, this might have been the film-makers intention. Still, like many other movies, there might be some hidden clues that I missed.

With or without them, a conclusion could be drawn. I hope someone saw something or has a good theory in mind one that should explain everything. I think Prot is truly an alien, but the movie keeps from giving any irrefutable proof. Everyone can thus either accept Prot's extra terrestrial nature, or just say he's crazy and not think about it anymore. Wait, isn't this the film where he thinks he's an alien but turns out he went crazy cause his wife and kid died.

So he created this other persona? MathewFoscarini This might be the film, but it is not so clear to me and seemingly to most people that he really went crazy. There are some facts that might sustain the theory that there is no other persona I think you are referring to multiple personalities and that he is in fact an alien.

Do you have strong arguments that he was just insane? If so, please post an answer. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Prot is human Prot has a human subconscious Prot has a human history e.

He evaded security and left for 3 days completely unnoticed. He left Bess's letter on her bed before she disappeared, confirming some sort of interaction that allowed her to disappear unnoticed on July 27th. Perhaps he told her of a way to breach security Prot was an ET and could travel through a light beam in human body physical form but only one at a time. Improve this answer.

Community Bot 1. James I James I 3 3 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. Finally someone has given a straight answer sustaining without any doubt one of the theories.

What is more, I appreciate that you have listed the facts that could lead to one or the other theory. Add a comment. Robert porter over his years would pray and ask for guidance and help when in need and prot would come to take care of him and offer him guidance Proat loved fruit and was especially interested in the red delicious apple in the psycologist office because where he is from someone ate an apple in the garden of eden and got in big trouble eve Prots report was some of the mistakes he made in his life on earth that he had to fix He traveled by light , the same thing it is said that we see and walk towards when our spirits pass on after our death.

The one patient was cured of his problem of not going outside wearing a mask for protection etc when prot instructed the other patient with the glasses to strangle him so he would die and be brought back , showing him that there is something great that happens after death and not to waste his time being afraid of dying The mental patients saw prot as the Angel he was, not robert , because there minds were more open to seeing things that you cant really explain..

The last comments on the movie about the world expanding and contracting refer to birth and death Having to repeat youre journey over and over untill you get all your mistakes right is reffering to the journey we all are on untill we serve gods purpose here , and get invited back to our home heaven.

K PAX was inference to heaven not a planet. I don't know if this is the correct one, but it definitely makes me watch the movie again. Is this your own interpretation or have you read it somewhere? Have you read the books it seems there is a series of 3 books, the movie being the screening of the first one only? Andrew Latham Andrew Latham 6, 8 8 gold badges 37 37 silver badges 75 75 bronze badges.

If a visitor from another planet appeared among us in human form and told the truth about his origins, no doubt he would be treated like Prot, the hero of ''K-PAX,'' who finds himself locked in a closed ward of the Psychiatric Institute of Manhattan. He might not, however, be as lucky as Prot in his psychiatrist. Mark Powell, and his voice toys with the notion that Prot might not be delusional. Certainly the patient tells a good story. Played by Kevin Spacey , who has made a career out of being the smartest character in the movie, Prot describes his intergalactic travels, dismisses Einstein's theories about the speed of light and amazes a group of astronomers in a scene that suggests, as it is intended to, Christ addressing the elders in the temple.

Jeff Bridges plays the shrink, and brings to the role exactly what is required, a weary workaholic who thinks he has seen everything and is relieved to discover that he hasn't.

His sessions with Prot turn into two-way experiences, with Prot offering advice and insights and seeming intelligent and normal--all except for his impression that his home is 1, light years away. There is also the matter of how he eats a banana. But the analogy is there, not least in Prot's relationships with his fellow mental patients; he quietly goes about trying to cure them.

The movie populates its ward with the usual job lot of colorful eccentrics, who behave as if they have intensely studied "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The movie intercuts the psychiatric sessions with Prot and domestic scenes at home, where Dr. Powell's wife, Rachel Mary McCormack , frets that his mind is always on his work.

Why must all men involved in great enterprises have wives who are obsessed with whether they come home for dinner on time? Is it forbidden that the wife also become fascinated with the case and get involved?