This film was filled with a brilliant cast that performed sensationally, with Jack Nicholson as the lead role delivering sheer perfection to each and every scene creating the atmosphere for the viewer. A phenomenal performance by Nicholson, supported by a terrific ensemble of actors. Milos Foreman created a genuine masterpiece. The correlation and relationship with the characters along with the breathtaking ambiance makes you feel you are experiencing the dealings and events that transpire amongst the institute, your compassion for McMurphy is beautifully juxtaposing to your hatred for Nurse Ratched.

For me to be totally transfixed for every moment shows the meticulous detail that went into each scene. Albeit, some scenes that were almost a fraction disturbing, it was all a part of the monumental experience. The movie quintessentially depicts the extraordinary and almost abnormal occurrences inside an insane institution at that time.

JACK NICHOLSON'S EYEBROWS INVENTED CINEMA

Uno dei film più belli sul tema delle malattie mentali.
Quando una persona può effettivamente essere definita pazza? È quello che ci si chiede seguendo le vicende del protagonista Randle McMurphy.
McMurphy è pervertito violento condannato per aver violentato una quindicenne. Gli spetterebbe la galera ma riesce attraverso la furbizia a farsi trasferire in un manicomio.
La sua comparsa porterà scompiglio nel chiuso ambiente di repressione mascherata, a comando del quale c'è l'intransigente infermiera Ratched.
Il film muove una profonda critica ai manicomi, posti in cui viene soppressa la libertà e l'individualità. I pazienti diventano così automi, ligi all'obbedienza in un sistema totalitario.
McMarphy cercherà in tutti i modi di stravolgere la routine del reparto, mostrando ai pazienti che esiste la possibilità di essere liberi e vivi. Forman è strabiliante.
Nessun regista avrebbe poturo raccontare meglio questa storia.
L'interpretazione di Jack Nicholson mi ha commosso fino alle lacrime. Straordinario.

One of the most humanist films ever made. I'm in love with this movie.

you know there's a lot to not like about this movie but jack nicholson wearing basketball shorts over jeans is pretty funny

I don’t know much about psychology at all, but watching this movie made me question the real differences between “mental patients” and “regular people.”
I’m obviously aware of certain chemical imbalances in the brain that classify people as “insane,” however, no one is truly “normal” in the sense that everyone has serious issues and problems. In this way, certain characters (although they may have needed real mental assistance and help) in the film were not any different from the people characterized as regular. I therefore appreciated how the movie brought to light how ineffective and unjust the horrid treatments of mental patients had been, especially considering some of these people became qualified to undergo this extremely degrading treatment (in which they were treated as something inferior to “normal people”) by being simply “different” or having more and detrimental problems or difficulties.

Everytime I hear this movie mentioned, someone says “Oh I never saw this all the way through”, and to me that should’ve been a sign.
The movie isnt bad, and regardless of how this review goes, I promise I’m not trynna seay you from seeing it.
But you know how ppl are always talking about “classic” movies? Well, this is one, but the thing about ppl saying that... I notice that rarely (if ever) do they actually watch em themselves. This is one of em.

I’m glad I saw it... I’ll probably watch it again... but then again, idk.

I laughed and I cried, which according to my Grandpa Atwell are the two signs of a good movie. I really, really loved the message of this movie: Healing doesn't come through sorting pills into paper cups. It comes through human connection, even if that connection is from a chaotic, broken person.
My favorite moment of the film was fairly subtle. After Nicholson dissembles the psych ward through girls and booze, his expression sinks from jovial to morose. Even on the eve of his breakout, he recognizes that he will never be free. He has been stamped by society as a convict, a crazy convict. Even if he makes it to Canada he will have to put up with Nurse Ratcheds, people who care more about the system than they do the individual whom the systems is made to serve.
Structurally and thematically this film is similar to Dead Poet's Society, another film that I love.

hi this film made me cry

R.I.P Milos Forman