K-PAX
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 26, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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80
SalonCharles Taylor
What keeps the movie going, besides Softley's intelligent direction and Mathieson's inventive cinematography, is the actors' duet between Spacey and Bridges. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
The movie itself is not completely successful, but it's consistently both engrossing and entertaining, and -- once again -- Spacey's performance creates a spell that lingers long after the lights come back on. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The heart of the movie is in the Spacey performance, and in knowing that less is more, he plays Prot absolutely matter-of-factly. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The images are lustrous, the cutting is brisk and the acting of the two leads is right on the money. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
This is a tour-de-force performance, delivered by an actor at the top of his game, and it's a shame that K-Pax, instead of engaging our imaginations as it promises to, devolves into such a conventional, paint-by- numbers disappointment. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
When Kevin Spacey takes center stage, our planet really does seem bright.
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Both actors are so good that one might easily overlook the Pollyannaish subplot. Read full review
70
Washington PostRita Kempley
Primarily, it's a warm, fuzzy and funny duet between Spacey and Bridges, one that brings to mind the interplay between Spock and Kirk. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
I rather like the whole mystic- crystal-revelations aspect of K-PAX, and the idea that even a psychiatrist of Jeff Bridges' handsome, American substantiality is open to notions of cosmic improbability. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Both consoling and confounding. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
It would be gratifying to report that there's a lot more to K-Pax than Spacey at the top of his form, but there isn't.
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