K-PAX

After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.

Why does Mrs. Powell find it easier to talk about her marriage to Prot than her husband? Is it because he is “a locked-up lunatic” or because he appears to be a compassionate listener? What qualities does Prot have that make him so approachable?

Would our society be different if people chose to do what was right like they do on the planet K-PAX?

Harvey presents another tale of a person with a possible deluded version of reality.

For another sci-fi that claims/suggests we may not be the most intelligent things in the cosmos, check out Contact.