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Summary: Jack Nicholson and this movie are excellent
Review: Excellent movie. After seeing Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets I said to myself I need to see One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. After watching Cuckoo's Nest I can see why he won best actor. Also enjoyed the performances of the other people as well. This is an inspirational movie. I also enjoyed the music in this film so much I bought the soundtrack on CD.
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Summary: Incredible! Nicholson at his Best!
Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is not your ordinary movie. But it is one of the finest films ever made. Jack Nicholson stars as R.P. Macmurphy, a former prisoner, has been sent to a mental hospital for evaluation. He has been charged with brutality and rape, making the doctors believe there may be signs of mental illness. What ensues is an incredible movie about one man's struggle to survive in a mental hospital and the effect he has upon the other patients. Jack Nicholson won his first lead actor Oscar for his performance in Cuckoo's nest. He is simply unbelievable. He was very due for an oscar. This was his 4th nomination. Fellow nominee Walter Matthau, upon hearing Nicholson's name announced, was said to have leaned over to his wife and said "It's about time." Louise Fletcher won an Oscar for best actress in her unforgettable turn as Nurse Ratched, the stern facilitator of the mental ward. There are many patients and people who would soon become big stars, such as Danny Devito, Christopher Lloyd, Louis Gossett Jr., and an amazing performance by Sydney Lassick. The real deal is Milos Forman, the winner for best director, and the man behind such films as Amadeus(His 2nd Oscar for Direction), The People V. Larry Flynt, and Man on the Moon. He even used real mental ward patients to add realism to the film. This film was produced by a young Michael Douglas, earning him his first Oscar. Gripping, funny, terrifying, and ultimately fulfilling, Cuckoo's nest is one of the best movies ever made.
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Summary: The funniest sad movie ever.
Review: I remember watching this movie when I could barely even walk. It is one of those that sticks with you. It has meaning, it's funny, and it is also very sad. Three things that most of today's movies skip right over.
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Summary: Unforgettable
Review: This is the movie that made Jack Nicholson one of my favorite actors. I don't think there is (or ever will be) a part more suitable for him than R. P. McMurphy. His character's outgoing and charming personality make you sympathize for him very early in the film, which makes the ending so much more tragic. Regardless of the many serious moments in this movie, there are quite a few hilarious ones as well, most notably when McMurphy make-believes that he's watching a World Series baseball game on TV by calling the plays. Outstanding performances by Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched), Danny DeVito (Martini), and Brad Dourif (Billy Bibbit), as well as masterful direction by Milos Forman.
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Summary: One Flew Over the Academy
Review: It's difficult for one to speak of this film without gushing superlatives, but "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has to be considered among the greatest ever American pictures. Not a hair is out of place in this fantastic adaptation of Ken Kesey's popular novel, and it's no accident that the movie won every major Academy Award for 1976. (Only two other films have swept the five major Oscars -- Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay -- "It Happened One Night" and "The Silence of the Lambs.") If you like dramas that examine human frailties and peculiarities, this movie is a must see. It will involve you with laughter, anger, dismay, angst, and elation. No cinematic work is perfect, but "Cuckoo's Nest" comes pretty darned close.Jack Nicholson is in his defining role as "Jack McMurphy"; his persona is not only ideal for the part, but his acting is absolutely splendid. Nicholson is supported by a wonderful cast that includes the painfully unforgettable performance of Louise Fletcher as "Nurse Ratched." Several then unknown actors -- Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito among them -- round out the troupe beautifully. The redoubtable director Milos Forman guides his band of exceptional actors through an excellent screenplay and into cinematic immortality. While this DVD's picture quality leaves much to be desired, it's somehow fitting for this film. Strangely, the documentary-like quality of the movie make the prevalent grain and foreign matter appear as though they belong! This is the only film I've yet seen that doesn't seem to lose much for want of a good print. Still, objectively speaking, Warner showed no respect to this classic by allowing such a poor copy on DVD -- and providing a mediocre transfer to boot. (No surprise, they did a TERRIBLE job with "The Stanley Kubrick Collection"; so bad that they're redoing it.) Recorded sound is merely acceptable. The "special features" may once have been something, but they aren't any longer. DVD collectors expect more nowadays, not just a few pages of text. In the end, however, this item remains a "buy"; it's relatively cheap, and it's the only available DVD version of this great movie.
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Summary: Insane but probably sane
Review: This is one of my favourite films starring Jack Nicholson. One generalised thing that gets me is that a lot of the people I know haven't seen it. Believe me, it's a classic. Jack plays McMurphy, a new edition to a mental institute. This is due to a rape and five charges of assault. About ten minutes into the film, when McMurphy's talking to the doctor about why he's there, McMurphy says 'I think we ought to get to the bottom of RP McMurphy'. This certainly happens by the end of the film. OFOACN (it's as difficult to abbreviate the title as it is to write it out) is plainly shot but smooth. The colouring is bleak and drab. It's like when you come out of a cinema, where you've just seen a special effects film, and you see the colour of real life. It's a film about breaking the rules (like Brando's The Wild One) but it's also hilarious. It's difficult to concentrate on the meaning because the film is so enjoyable to watch. In my opinion, OFOACN is questioning sanity. How can you class people as insane when it's so difficult to describe sanity? Hell, just look around you. Over the years, you can watch it again and again. Frankly if you're interested in film and don't see this you must be insane.
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Summary: I love Jack Nicholson
Review: This movie teaches a great lesson: knowing when to give in, when to fight and when to run away. It's much deeper than it looks and has great potential to teach an important life lesson to those who stop and look.
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Summary: over rated
Review: this movie was a good movie but it was very over rated as it got boring in a lot of areas
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Summary: One Few Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Review: First of all let me say this, I am a 23 year old writer and musican, so if this sounds odd blame that. Now, inside of everyone is that urdge to cut loose and take everyone around you alone for the ride. I was 12 when I first saw this movie, and its no suprise it was one of my first DVDs i bought, as a writer of all sorts it helps me when I'm having trouble releasing the creative energy we all need. I still cry and cheer at the end after all these years. A truely inspiring movie, one of Jack Nickleson's best ever.
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Summary: Outstanding - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Review: A timeless documentary style view of a patient who shams his way into a mental institution to prevent working. He faces the worst work/institution situation when he meets demoralized patients subject to the command of Nurse Radchitt. Mcmurphy protrayed by Jack Nicolson exerts his indivualisam which the Mental institute will not accept and proceeds to plan any and all manners to to defeat him by taking away his freedom of thought and willpower. This film is truly a masterpiece of instruction in the procedures of an institute/corporation of controlling a human being by taking away their dignity. The surprise element of this film is that not only does Mcmurphy regain his dignity, but the Native Americans make a magnificent statement about their Honor & Dignity as well. I love this movie!
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