The film remains as fresh, shocking, depressing and exhilarating as when it was released.
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02/19/08
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
98 %
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Reviews Counted: 45
Fresh: 44
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 8.9/10
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 human spirit. A disturbing, witty, and... [More]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Danny DeVito
Director: Milos Forman
Reviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Top Critic 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.
02/11/06
Top Critic
As direct and simple as it is funny and moving, this is a masterpiece of dramatic naturalism.
01/01/00
Top Critic 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.
02/19/08
Top Critic 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.
12/23/06
Ken Kesey's grim satire of institutionalized authority, bracingly filmed by Milos Forman.
12/13/06
Top Critic Jack Nicholson plays McMurphy as if he were born to it, and the supporting cast provides fine, detailed performances.
12/13/06
A stirring indictment of how we determine who's sane and who's crazy.
12/13/06
A rousing, rock-the-boat feel pulses throughout the film, overpowering its weaknesses.
11/11/05
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.
10/09/05
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