"This movie is one of the most remarkable movies to ever be made"
(Spectacular performances by Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito, and basically just every single person in the cast and This was probably the greatest cast for a movie ever assembled in terms of work the actors needed to perform in order to make the movie truly believable. The difficulty of creating such a variant cast gave the movie its perfection.
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this movie is very hilarious with performed by jack nicholson who play as randle p. "r.p." mcmurphy as the nut in metal hospital.
brad dourif(remember this guy who voice of chucky from "child's play trilogy" and "bride/seed of chucky")and christopher lloyd(he play doc in "back to the future trilogy")film debut. way to go jack nicholson for the oscar award best actor and the rest of oscar.
How often does one get to take their worthless life against the system and turn it around to do something to the depths of another's perceptions of it and make them stand for something , rather than anything that comes their way?
The acting is exceptional. The script unflinching. The ending haunts me. A great film, but not one I'd reach out and watch - too close to reality in a way. Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratchet is one of my all-time favorite villains.
Wow, what a great movie. You cannot say that you are a movie buff if yo have not seen this movie. Jack Nicholson did an excellant job playing the role of R. P. McMurphy, I do not think they could have gotten a better actor. I loved Chief, I can't believe evrybody thought that he was deaf and dumb, but he had foolled them all. I wish Mack had left when he had the chance and I wish that Billy didn't blame what he did on Mack, beacause it was not all his fault. I know that the nurse probably deserved it but I wished that Mack had not tried to kill her because she is still alive and he isn't. I think Chief made the right choice because that is not the way Mack would have wanted to live his life, like in Million Dollar Baby after being immoblized that was not the way she had wanted to live. Funny, beautiful, but the sad truth of what had really happened at Mental Hospitals.
I went into this film with the knowledge that it had been the second film in history to win the 'top five' Oscars (for Best Picture, Best actor, Best actress, Best director and best screenplay) and has been praised as "one of Jack Nicholson's finest roles" and "one of the classics of the 70's". Naturally, after hearing all this, I had high expectations for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. But nonetheless, I was surprised at how easily the film surpassed my expectations and easily led me to understand how it merited all that praise.
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey, the story follows Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), who, in an attempt to get out of spending more time in prison, pleads insanity for his crime, and is therefore sentenced to time in a mental institution. This was McMurphy's intention, as he believes the conditions in a "crazy house" will be significantly easier to contend with than another harsh stay in prison. However, he quickly finds out that surviving the institution with it's desolate patients (including Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Vincent Schiavelli and an absolutely brilliant Brad Dourif as the stuttering Billy Bibbit) and the monstrously repressive Nurse Ratchet (Louise Fletcher, in a career defining role) is considerably harder than he imagined. McMurphy plays pranks, horseplay, and is generally defiant to the rules of the institution in an attempt to raise spirits. His constant optimism and reckless defiance to the out of date rules in the institution can be very uplifting, and often quite funny as well, but much of the movie can be very depressing - the generally decrepit state of the institution is a consistently (and intentionally) bleak background to a superb story with a truly bittersweet ending.
Jack Nicholson is at his best here, head and shoulders above other excellent performances such as in 'Chinatown' or 'As Good as it Gets'. McMurphy is an apparently unquenchable optimist, refusing to succumb to the defeated spirit of all the other patients. His livewire antics, inspiring the patients are generally uplifting, and when his indomitable spirit is finally broken, we really feel for him and his fellow patients. Nicholson conveys the essence of McMurphy to perfection, demonstrating his excellent understanding and interpretation of the character. When McMurphy announces that he is going to lift a huge stone fountain and hurl it through the window to escape, the other patients are so caught up in his intoxicating spirit of freedom that they honestly believe he can do it, despite the fact it would be impossible for a man much stronger than him. When McMurphy finally discovers that despite his best efforts, he cannot lift the fountain, he is so openly crushed that we can't help but feel for him. Beneath the frequent profanities and livewire antics, there are real human emotions, which come across as truly touching.
What can be said about One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest which hasn't already been said? It has an excellent storyline, top notch acting, painfully bleak visuals, perfectly setting the tone for the movie, and alternates between being truly uplifting to devastatingly depressing. It features perhaps the most memorable film ending ever, next to a man on his horse riding off into the sunset, and leaves the viewer beaten down by the conflicting emotions, unaware what to think of the picture next to reveling in it's glorious entirety. It's hard to produce a final outcome any better than this.
07-14-08 --Jack Nicholson in his prime. Maybe this was before his prime. I saw this once as a child but only remembered bits and pieces. Now that I've seen it recently I can honestly say that this is a good movie. Didn't like the ending too much and it did give me a creepy feeling (like when I was younger) but I think that mainly has to do with the music and the ending combined. Jack plays a good crazy person and they had other "crazies" that fit the part too. Christopher Lloyd, that long faced guy, Danny Devito and other lesser stars. Scatman Crothers that played the voice of "Jazz" from The Transformers cartoon (80's) makes an appearance as a night orderly.
I just LOVE Jack Nicholson's performance! The movie itself is a bit overrated but it has some great moments. Why on earth did Fletcher win Best Actress? She was obviously supporting.
Jack Nicholson's best film!! Louise Fletcher was brilliant as well!! Oscar worthy!! Randle wants fun in the mental house but Ratched doesnt because she is so cold and mean!! She is a passive-aggressive nurse on a power trip, Louise Fletcher's Ratched is the ultimate control freak, willing to do anything to the patients - up to and including frying their brains - in order to keep order. Randle R. McMurphy is a free-spirited con with lightning in his veins and glib on his tongue, fakes insanity and moves in with what he calls the nuts. Immediately, his conagious sense of disorder runs up against numbling routine. No way should guys pickled on sedatives shuffle around in bathrobes when the World Series is on. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other side is soft-spoken Nurse Ratched, among the coldly monstrous villains in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. Based on Ken Keseys acclaimed bestseller, this film swept all five major Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor - Jack Nicholson, Best Actress - Louise Fletcher, Best Director - Milos Forman and Best Adapted Screenplay. Raucous, searing and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, this one soars.
outstanding performance by jack nickolson as mcmurphy, and great actors as the crazy people. it was a 10-star movie up until the end which i really disliked, but that is the whole point of the story
Woa.....such an odd movie. Very funny though. It was also very sad too though. I knew "Big Chief" would be the one to break the window with that thing though. Nicholson was amazing in this movie! I also cracked up at Christopher Lloyd.
I think this oculd be one of my favorite movies of all time. It was so sweet, and sad, and heartwarming, and inspiring all at the same time. Jack Nicholson is awesome, and the big Indian guy is great. Everyone needs to see this movie.
A great movie, especially for 30 years ago. It had lots of funny parts, Jack Nicholson did an amazing job. The only problem was it was way too slow moving and some parts you would end up tuning out for.
I recently watched this movie again, & for me, this is about as good as it gets ( ...sorry). Randall McMurphy is a mischievious criminal who ends up becoming a leader of "psych-ward" minor rebellion & eventually, a friend to Billy & the rest the Cuckoo's Nest. Jack's performance is not of a man overly or angelically transformed, but as someone who's ability to care is gradually bought up to the surface by the only type of people who could cause such a subtle & internal catalyst in such a character: a group of guys who are crazier than he is.
Jack Nicholson delivers the performance of a lifetime in this rare and amusing cult classic. The film with some of the greatest characters youl'll ever see on screen. Louise Fletcher in particular was impressive aside from Jack Nicholson with her Oscar winning performance, but that's to take nothing away from an almost flawless cast.
The ending was bit hard to take in even though it's not necessarrily a sad ending if you look at it from another point of view. It came right out of the blue but regardless of that, this is still one of the finest films ever made. I think the ending is meant to be metaphoric than anything else like much of the film itself. The possibilities of what the film tries to depict are endless and that's one of the things I like most about the film. To put it simply, this film has so much meaning in itself.
Oscars for the best actor, best actress, best director, best picture, best writing and screenplay!!! Five fucking Oscars and four more nominations!!!
It's a joy to watch when a film get's as good as this. Highly recommended for all you daydreamers!
"Um Estranho no Ninho" é um desses filmes de que ouvimos falar muitíssimo bem durante anos, mas nunca chegamos a ver. Bem, isso é passado agora. E o melhor: o filme não decepciona em nada. Nada mesmo.
Para início de conversa, o Jack Nicholson está em um de seus melhores papéis, um personagem que dá espaço para que ele desfile toda sua coleção de olhares, caras e caretas. Tudo isso sem cair na caricatura de si mesmo que o Jack Nicholson veio a se tornar mais recentemente. É gratificante ver um grande ator em seu auge.
Outro grande destaque do filme é a forma nada maniqueísta ou pré-concebida com que a temática da loucura é tratada e como ela dá ensejo para a discussão de outros assuntos dela decorrentes. Nessa sintonia, o filme trata de liberdade, manipulação, medo de viver, opressão e moral. Nada disso, no entanto, é usado como resposta fácil para essa ou aquela posição ideológica. Aliás, o que eu mais gostei no filme foi justamente o fato de o filme não buscar oferecer respostas. Sem medo de cair no clichê, posso afirmar que cada espectador vai procurar suas respostas (ou suas perguntas) ao fim do filme de forma bem livre e ampla.
Cabe destacar também o impressionante elenco de apoio: desde a mais que elogiada Louise Fletcher ao então novato Brad Dourif, que rouba algumas cenas como o gago Billy, que apresenta tendências suicidas. O diretor e elenco todo se acertam ao dar o tom do hospício em que se desenvolve a trama. A linha que separa emoções opostas é tênue e a fragilidade dessa dualidade é tratada com maestria. Em suma, um filme que não pode ficar como pendência para ninguém.
This is as close in my opinion as a movie could come to being perfect. The script is tight and well written, the acting is phenomenal and the simplistic direction is perfectly suited. Fully deserving the Oscar sweep best actor, actress, script, director, and film.
I am definitely going to watch this again in particular to understand the ending better, and also to enjoy the lighthearted atmosphere of the mental institution patrons and the daunting aura contaminating the room presented by Louise Fletcher's character.
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