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DeadCanadian [ 9.0 ]
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I have come to the decision that Jack Nicholson is a great actor. I have watched 3 movies of his in the past month, and his performances in all of them were superb, and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is no exception. When I read the back of the video box, I thought that the plot would be overly sappy, but I was wrong. It most definately wasn't. As I have already said, Nicholson's acting was great, as was pretty much everyone else in the movie (including as-of-then unknowns Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd). The characters were very real and believable, even the insane ones. A very good movie
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shanster [ 9.0 ]
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This is really cool the first time you see it, but subsequent viewings lack the excitement. I think it's because they create an atmosphere of chaos, where the unexpected can always happen. In the second viewing, you see through the chaos, and can't get the same feeling for it.
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chapter11 [ 10.0 ]
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Director Milos Forman's adaptation of novelist Ken Kesey's hippie-generation favorite "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is complete cinematic gold. Though this tale of a felon put in a mental institution for shirking his work duty in prison is rich with colorful, five-dimensional characters-- played by Christopher Lloyd, Danny Devito, and Sidney Lassick, among others-- Jack Nicholson's manic-- yet carefully nuanced-- performance is one of contemporary cinema's most enduring ones. Not only deeply thought-provoking-- taking potshots at "the establishment" whenever able-- but seriously entertaining, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a perfect motion picture, ably painting a portrait of a tranquil establishment turned upside-down by the antics of a mischevious rebel who dared to be different.
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astrosheil [ 7.0 ]
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Who is more insane? The inmates of a mental institution or their caregivers? Or is institutionalization the insanity? Nicholson delivers a dynamic performance and Nurse Crachid is chilling. This is a movie that haunted me long after I saw it. Have things really changed?
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apson [ 9.0 ]
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Something about this movie makes me think "Ritalin" (that is not a dumb joke either). Jack Nicholson is a convict that claims insanity in order to stay out of prison. That's all I want to reveal at this point. Please see this movie! All around, the story is amazing - and I believe it made a great movie too.
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DokBrowne [ 6.0 ]
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Compared (unfairly) to the Ken Kesey novel, one of the all-time great books, this film is a profound disappointment. It's meandering, punctuated by several awkward scenes, and excludes so much of its source's valuable material that I wonder if Milos Forman even bothered reading it...but wait! Ken Kesey himself is one of the film's screenwriters, by which I must conclude, if the very creator of the story fails to pull if off in cinema form, that the book is simply unfilmable. Kudos, needless to say, to Jack Nicholson, everyone's favorite maniac, and good support from the wacky cast of mental patients
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JD [ 5.0 ]
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As a concept movie only does this not get a zero. So many movies have copied this that come to mind (Awakenings, 12 Monkeys, Girl Interrupted etc.) and for that it is deserved of some credit. But Jack Nicholson overacts as usual and it becomes so annoying that you really should shut it off.
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Love_Spoon [ 7.5 ]
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One of the greats in American cinema, and one of Jack Nicholson's great roles. Tells the story of tenants of an insane asylum and their cruel nurse. Nicholson plays a prisoner who begins to act insane with the purpose of avoiding work detail. He is sent to the asylum and there meets a diverse group of patients, all with a personality of their own. Nicholson incites little demonstrations of anarchy throughout the movie, much to the chagrin of mean-spirited Nurse Ratched. Herein lies the conflict of the story-the free-living Nicholson versus the conformity-loving nurse. One of the most poignant scenes in cinema occurs under this conflict. Brad Dourif's character, having almost completely overcome his stuttering problem thanks largely to Nicholson's friendship, is given a tongue-lashing by Nurse Ratched over a minor infraction. The speech impediment returns immediately in full force. Everyone should probably see this film at least once. Very recommendable.
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| Weighted Rating | : 8.4 |
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