One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Cast
Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy
Louise Fletcher as Nurse Mildred Ratched
William Redfield as Harding
Michael Berryman as Ellis
Peter Brocco as Col. Matterson
Directed by
Milos Forman
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
7/10. Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental institution, when he
thinks he doesn't need to be there. He causes havoc on the place, but
especially on the head Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). Some of the
people he lives with is Harding (William Redfield), Martini (Danny
DeVito), Sefelt (William Duell), Bancini (Josip Elic), Cheswick
(Sydney Lassick), and Taber (Christopher Lloyd).
I really had no idea what to rate this movie: it's dramatic but not
too dramatic, it's funny but not too funny. I felt inspired, but I
had many complaints about it. First off, I felt like it didn't have a
central plot. IMDb.com says: "A man sent to a mental hospital finds
the head nurse a lot more dangerous than the other patients." I
agree, but we really have no connection between the two. Besides a
few arguments, we have nothing to back that up. If it was
concentrated more on that than on unnecessary sidetrips, such as when
Randle took everyone on a field trip fishing. I see that that shows
how he's connecting and how crazy he's becoming, but if it had been
removed so more of the initial plot could come underway, it would
have helped.
Even without music for a lot of the time, I felt like I was being
touched by this movie, mainly at the end. However, it doesn't have a
central message or theme. It was heart wrenching at times, even over
the littlest things, but for a lot of the time it was just "a movie".
I don't want you to think the wrong thing, I enjoyed and liked this
movie.
Nicholson, who is McMurphy, was excellent yet again. Fletcher was
good, but would have been better if she was in more scenes,
considering she's the second largest star of the film. She, as
Ratched, wanted routine and routine only. I didn't really think she
was "dangerous", but if it had been a longer movie, it could have
worked. I thought that all of the mental patients were great,
especially Lloyd (it was his debut, as was DeVito's).
I did notice a few things that I didn't think would happen in real
life. First, I wouldn't think that they would allow smoking in a
hospital. Also, I noticed that throughout the entire movie, McMurphy
didn't have the hospital gowns that everyone else had. Other than
that, I would have to say that this movie is very good, but many
flaws.
Rater #3
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Rated R for language, violence, and mental themes.
Running time: 133 minutes
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