Reviews of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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shaun morrison
31Jan11
If he’s crazy, what does that make you? Today i am going to do a review of my second favorite movie of all time , milos formans One flew over the cuckoos nest starring jack nicholson in his best and wonderful perfromance as Randle p mcmurphy who is a taking a long time sentence in a prison but he thinks it will be easier if he goes into the luntatic asylum instead so he acts crazy to get in, along the way when he is in the asylum he befrends everyone and is totally against the bitch nurse ratched played brilliant by louise fletcher who wont let any one have any fun and makes everone take medication ‘’ Medication time gentlemen’’ and then randle wants out. i cant express how much i love this movie its one of the films that introduce me to cinema and made me the person who i am today a movie buff , this movie is brilliant jack nicholsons performance is unforgetable in my opinion this is his best performance and he created one of the best screen performance actually to be honest everyone in this movie is brilliant this was both christopher lloyds and danny devitos first ever film and what a film to start off with its excellent and i also think it has a great a ending leaving you being sad and happy at the same time im not going to ruin it but its unforgetable . there is apsolutley nothing wrong with this movie its a perfect film along with frank capras it happend one night and the silence of the lambs cuckoos nest sweeped all the major academy awards including best picture i cant see why , the movie also has a brilliant script there are so many memerable quotes in this movie being ‘’Put the damn ball in the basket’’ . I think i have made my point i appsolutley love this film i think it easily one of the best films of all time and the best of the 70s and thats a fact. If you have never seen one flew over the cuckoos nest you really have to.
- Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Nate the Movie Mate
5Dec08
Adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, this film directed by Milos Forman (Amadeus) won all five major Academy Awards in 1975, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The story revolves around the adventures of convict Randal P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) in a state mental institution after being transferred there from a state prison. McMurphy believes that life will be easier in an institution rather than in prison, but is mistaken. The film is filled with moments of hilarity, shock, and irony.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is deserving of it’s reputation as one of the landmark films of the 70’s as well as all of the awards that it has garned throughout the years. The film is a timeless classic which has manages to please newer generations in the same way that it pleased older generations. Nicholson’s performance is classic and the universal ideas of good and evil as well as the human spirit that the film explores has kept the film from fading away. This is one film that will surely live on for a long, long time.
Nate recommends these films if you enjoyed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest:
Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980)
Johnathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974)
Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter (1978)
John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy (1969)