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Yar, you be here: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest > Customer Reviews One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Customer Reviews (49 - 51 of 52 Reviews)A Tremendous Film With The Great Nicholson
This is an unforgettable film. Jack Nicholson gives one hell of a classic and memorable performance in this film directed by the great Milos Forman. Nicholson plays Randall McMurphy, a rebel inmate of sorts at a psychiatric hospital who fights the system and refuses to give in the hospital's orders or behavior. It's a real groundbreaking film. Nicholson's main adversary is the cold Nurse Ratchett(great name!), played superbly by Louise Fletcher. A remarkable performance. There are also a number of familiar faces in the film. You will definitley recognize Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Brad Douriff, as some of the inmates. Will Sampson also gives a memorable performance. There are scenes here that are truly shocking. Anyone who has seen this probably knows what I mean when I say that. All of our actors are dead on perfect as mentally unstable patients. A remarkable cast. The end scene of the film is shocking and definitley won't be forgotten. Go watch this classic film and see one of our biggest and best legends in an astonishing performance. This is deeply recommended!. A classic we can all watch
As an uncultured teenager in the age of Bruckheimer, I am wary of "classic" films, often finding them to be just too old, too soft, and too boring. Cukoo's Nest is an exception to behold. Here is a film that, for once, deserved every last Oscar is received. Based on Ken Kesey's wonderful but far more convoluted book, Cukoo's Nest stars Jack Nicolson as R.P. McMurphy, a living-large thrill seeker escaping jail time by acting crazy enough to instituted at a mental ward. There we meet a slew of comic performances by offbeat characters, and also the diabolical Nurse Ratched. Ratched runs the whole show with hard fist. I think we've all encountered someone like Nurse Ratched, whose rage and disapproval boil cold until an air of stifling compsure and soft-spokenness, which is far more arresting than uncontrolled yelling. Her and McMurphy inevitably clash, and his reign of disorder inspires the other immates to speak up against the injusticies of the ward. I suppose this is predominantly a "man" movie, with lots of male bonding, male-oriented jokes, and a female protagonist. It's goofy nature and comedy lures us into a tragic and powerful tale of triumph, but the two don't clash one bit. This new DVD edition provides an insightful second disc, and a commentary on the first, which despite its a large party of commentators, doesn't feel crowded. The film certainly doesn't look its 25 years, but the transfer is even more clear. The soundtrack allows us to hear every background groan and rant in detail, and the comedic chaos is rendered comprehensible. One Flew Over the Cukoo's nest is truly a wonderful film, one of the best of all time. Let me put it this way, it beat JAWS for best picture...
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