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K-PAX
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2501
- IMDb #1239
- Google retired #897
- Rotten Tomatoes #3236
- Metacritic #2880
- Letterboxd #2592
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4245
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2116
- Metacritic Critics #3503
- Metacritic Audience #1555
- Criticker #1710
- Douban #318
- Kinopoisk #190
- AlloCiné #2645
- Trakt #1515
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 41, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 45, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A man appears in New York City claiming to be an alien from a planet called K-PAX. He is placed in a psychiatric hospital under the care of a skeptical but fascinated doctor. The doctor attempts to diagnose him, but the man's unwavering logic and detailed knowledge of astronomy challenge the doctor's own perceptions of reality.
Details
- Director
- Iain Softley
- Writer
- Charles Leavitt
- Based on
- K-PAX by Gene Brewer
- Studio
- Intermedia Films, Lawrence Gordon Productions, IMF Internationale Medien und Film 3 & Produktions, Universal Pictures
- Released
- 26 October 2001
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $48.0M
- Box office
- $50.3M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| NAACP Image Award 2002 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Alfre Woodard | Nominee |
| Saturn Award 2002 | Best Actor | Kevin Spacey | Nominee |
| Golden Schmoes 2001 | Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year | Nominee |
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3 awards — K-PAX
×| Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Alfre Woodard | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Kevin Spacey | Nominee |