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12/30/03
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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12/10/03
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10/17/03
No review available.
07/12/03
Nicholson's best work
06/07/03
Even granting the artist his license, America is much too big and various to be satisfactorily reduced to the dimensions of one mental ward in a movie like this.
05/20/03
Top CriticIs One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest not a great film because it is manipulative, or is it great because it is so superbly manipulative? I can see it through either filter.
03/25/03
Top CriticMasterful adaptation of a masterpiece novel. Nicholson deserved his Oscar.
02/04/03
No review available.
12/06/02
As good as Nicholson and Fletcher are, the film simply wouldn't work without the ensemble cast that incorporates Forman's improvisational style
10/26/02
Who would argue that Cuckoo's Nest isn't one of the most profound and tragic movies ever made?
10/18/02
This superlative 2-disc set ranks among my favorite DVDs of 2002, and I absolutely recommend it as a purchase.
10/08/02
One of a small number of Best Picture winners to deserve the statuette.
09/23/02
...the story in its various guises has been an inspiration for several generations of dedicated fans.
09/22/02
The film is based on Ken Kesey's novel of the same name, and it's magnificently brought up to the screen by director Milos Forman.
09/10/02
No review available.
08/10/02
My basic quibble with the film is that it's part and parcel of the movies' unfortunate tendency to romanticize mental illness.
08/07/02
No review available.
07/29/02
No review available.
07/26/02
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