One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:44
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.8/10
Consensus: The onscreen battle between Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher serves as a personal microcosm of the culture wars of the 1970s -- and testament to the director's vision that the film retains its power more than three decades later.
Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Milos Foreman's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, based on the novel by Ken Kesey and the play by Dale Wasserman, presents a biting and ultimately tragic satire about mental institutions and the... [More]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Danny DeVito
Director: Milos Forman
Reviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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The film remains as fresh, shocking, depressing and exhilarating as when it was released. Full Review |
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Set in an insane asylum, the film involves the oppression of the individual, a struggle spearheaded by an ebullient Nicholson, turning in a star performance if ever there was one. Full Review |
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5/5 |
excellent in every way
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As direct and simple as it is funny and moving, this is a masterpiece of dramatic naturalism. Full Review |
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A+ |
The genius of the film is that you never feel you're being preached at, but rather being allowed a fly-on-the-wall view of a systematic crushing of humanity. Full Review |
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One Flew over the Cuckoo 's Nest is an earnest attempt to make a serious film. But in the end the movie backs away from both the human reality and the cloudy but potent symbolism that Ken Kesey found in the asylum. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
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Jack Nicholson stars in an outstanding characterization of Ken Kesey's asylum anti-hero, McMurphy, and Milos Forman's direction of a superbly-cast film is equally meritorious. Full Review |
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A- |
A terrific adaptation of Ken Kensey's 1962 novel (first done as play) that became timelier in the 1970s, positing a free-spirited anti-establishment hero (the excellent Jack Nicholson) against repressive authoritarianism, embodied by Fletcher's nurse. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Ken Kesey's grim satire of institutionalized authority, bracingly filmed by Milos Forman. Full Review |
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Jack Nicholson plays McMurphy as if he were born to it, and the supporting cast provides fine, detailed performances. Full Review |
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4/4 |
A stirring indictment of how we determine who's sane and who's crazy. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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4/4 |
A rousing, rock-the-boat feel pulses throughout the film, overpowering its weaknesses. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Without hesitation my No. 1 favorite of all time. At once a comedy and a tragedy, hilarious and heartbreaking, few films have ever achieved such a level of excellence.
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5/5 |
awesome classic
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5/5 |
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5/5 |
Brilliant Nicholson turn...and Fletcher's nurse is one of film's best villains.
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3/5 |
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B- |
Its aims are too simplistic about life and happiness. Full Review |
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