One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

I thought this was a movie about a bird trying to escape a mental hospital, but oh, was I wrong. Turns out, it's about a professional troublemaker who gets tossed into the loony bin and decides to turn the whole place into a summer camp. Jack Nicholson, bless his heart, acts like he's just stumbled into a surprise birthday party he didn't want to leave. He's bouncing off the walls, making bets on cards, and generally causing so much chaos that the other patients start to think they're sane just by comparison. And Nurse Ratched? She's the ultimate straight man. She just stands there, a pillar of quiet disapproval, while everything around her falls to pieces. She’s like the world’s most patient substitute teacher trying to wrangle a class full of hyperactive squirrels. The whole movie is a masterclass in controlled pandemonium, with everyone slowly losing their minds, but in the most hilarious, chaotic, and vaguely depressing way possible. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder if you're the crazy one for finding it so funny.

A great movie about how institutions do not care about the individual. They only care about preserving their power and control, even murdering those who do not submit.

All time favorite!

Very good movie. Jack Nicholson was at his best! Very good acting by all stars, and funny. It’s a movie I could watch again, and again.

Great movie

Quick fact: This movie has been preserved in the national film registry, and has been regarded as one of the best films ever made. In addition to this, this film earned all 5 Academy awards - a feat not repeated until almost 20 years after its release in 1975. Based on a novel by the same name, OFOTCK stars Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy: a new patient at a mental institution. If it isn't bad enough that he is committed involuntarily, he soon finds himself at the mercy of a head nurse (Louise Fletcher as'Nurse Ratched') determined to assert her authority and maintain behaviors considered to be socially acceptable. It isn't by coincidence that the location and tone throughout the film feel authentic. This film was shot inside of the Ohio State Hospital - and thus, there were inevitable interactions with patients and staff members even if only in the sense they were extras. A potentially risky decision I would suspect, but in the end this setting serves a purpose all its own: It maintains a level capriciousness and reminds the audience that anything - yeah, anything really- can happen in this territory on a whim and isn't always easily prepared for. The cast all around paid due respect to the characters and personas they portrayed, and it goes without saying that this movie attempts to dignify individuals considered to be "mentally ill" and doesn't rely on gimmicky hat tricks to get the point across about their varying conditions. In addition to this, every character has their own separate understanding of their reality, and thus develop in vastly different ways over the course of the film. This may not count for much to other people, but this is impressive when you take into consideration how many characters that accounts for (It's about 8, give or take a few) and how little the actual setting changes (both physically and metaphorically). Sans a few differences throughout the book detail wise, it has come to my attention that details regarding Chief Bromden's life before being institutionalized aren't elaborated on in the movie as they were in the book. This bring me to my main and only criticism: At no point in the movie do have a grasp on why the voluntarily patients decide to remain committed. There are moments within the movie that tiptoe around this subject, but in the end there's no clear understanding regarding the "benefits" of being in a place that seems restrictive and overbearing. The nurse at times interjects with hints about the perks of being in this environment (she says something to the effect of "The men here rely on our daily routine/schedule"), BUT I would have just liked a little bit more in this area particularly. A true classic that stands the test of time - I would recommend!

Definitely from an era gone by but a much needed reminder of what mental illness used to look like and in many ways still does.

My father passed away this past year and this was his absolute favorite movie. It’s a must watch

To me this is one of the best films ever made. It is a wonderful story with an amazing cast. I cannot imagine anybody but Jack Nicholson playing the part of McMurphy, I give it 10 out of 10. I envy anybody who has not seen it, as they are in for a treat. Just one thing do NOT read the book first at that will spoil some of the surprises.

自由が突然奪われたらどうする？ 理由はどうあれ、束縛されたらモガクのが人間でしょう？ 精神に異状があれば尚更だと思う。 ジャックニコルソンはその辺りを見事に演じている。(流石な演技です) 偉そうな態度の医者もラストは何の躊躇もなく、ロボトミー手術へ踏み切る。(ダメでしょう？そんな事しちゃ) 当時の雰囲気がリアルによく伝わる。 個人的に、日常での「タバコ」を賭けた勝負になると、各自が異常な迄に真剣に打ち込んでいる描写は凄いと思った。 見て欲しい作品です。

見終わったあと、なんでこれが名作？と言う感想だったのに日を重ねるごとに、どうしてこうなったんだろう？なぜあのときこうできなかったのか？なぜこんなに人間くさいのか？と考えることが多くなり悲しくて虚しくて仕方ない時がある。 本当はこの日3本くらい名作と言われる映画を観たいと思ってたのに重すぎて1週間くらい他が観ることが出来なかった。 物語だと分かる内容なのに役者が演技に見えない。生きてそこにいる。本物に見える。唯一看護師が美人すぎるのに全くもてないのが不思議だが ほかはみな凄い役者、物凄い作品なんだとじわじわ感じた。

My all time favourite movie! Nuff said.

Bon. Film