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K-PAX:

byStaff writers
10 March 2002 - Updated on 25 March 2021
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Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
Director: Iain Softley
Rated: M15+

THE French philosopher Michel Foucault argues that one of the measures of a civilised society is how it defines insanity and crime and then how it treats criminals and the mentally disabled.

K-Pax orbits around this axis.

Prot (Kevin Spacey) is admitted to a New York psychiatric hospital claiming to be from the planet K-Pax.

Dr Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges) thinks he is dealing with another delusional schizophrenic until it is revealed that Prot is unusually sensitive to UV light and that he has a prodigious knowledge of astrophysics and astronomy.

Meanwhile, Prot’s insights into crime and punishment, disease and healing and sanity enables him to become the most effective counsellor in the hospital.

In what could be a case for medical malpractice, Powell hypnotises Prot to get to the truth of his story. This has traumatic results for the patient and a great personal learning for the doctor.

Without any special effects but with some superb lighting, K-Pax, by the end, answers enough questions for us to be reassured that it all makes sense, and enough issues are left unresolved to keep us guessing.

Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges put in convincing and moving performances as does the large and impressive supporting cast.

As a character, the lovable Prot enables screenwriter Kevin Leavitt to make all sorts of external observations about the society we have created on earth. One of the most telling ones is to debunk reincarnation.

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To quote another film, Prot keeps telling everyone to “seize the day” by valuing the people we love because “this time round is all you have”.

Whether the planet K-Pax exists or not, this film has some wisdom we can recognise and be enriched for hearing.

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