One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a film about a guy in a mental hospital. The guy is a serial-criminal who was recently sent from prison to a mental hospital because the prison thought he might have psychological issues. Although the majority of the film is spent in just the mental hospital and nothing all that major happens during the film, it's still pretty interesting to watch.

The acting in this film is top-notch. Both Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher would win Oscars for their performances. In addition to these two, the film has a pretty diverse group of supporting characters who play their roles pretty well. This isn't the best acted film I've ever seen, but it's definitely above average.

Overall, this is a solid film and one of just three films ever to win the 5 major Oscars (It Happened One Night and The Silence of the Lambs being the other two). It's probably my least-favorite film of the three, but those awards are probably justified. Thematically, the film looks at how poor people were treated in insane asylums in the early 1960s how far psychological care has come since the film was made. The film was a little slow-going at times and tries to do a little too much at the expense of character-development, but it's a solid film nonetheless.

80/100
B-

UP NEXT: Three straight Kubrick films in an undetermined order - The Killing, Paths of Glory, and Full Metal Jacket.

85/100

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catbox_9 wrote:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a film about a guy in a mental hospital. The guy is a serial-criminal who was recently sent from prison to a mental hospital because the prison thought he might have psychological issues. Although the majority of the film is spent in just the mental hospital and nothing all that major happens during the film, it's still pretty interesting to watch.

The acting in this film is top-notch. Both Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher would win Oscars for their performances. In addition to these two, the film has a pretty diverse group of supporting characters who play their roles pretty well. This isn't the best acted film I've ever seen, but it's definitely above average.

Overall, this is a solid film and one of just three films ever to win the 5 major Oscars (It Happened One Night and The Silence of the Lambs being the other two). It's probably my least-favorite film of the three, but those awards are probably justified. Thematically, the film looks at how poor people were treated in insane asylums in the early 1960s how far psychological care has come since the film was made. The film was a little slow-going at times and tries to do a little too much at the expense of character-development, but it's a solid film nonetheless.

80/100
B-

UP NEXT: Three straight Kubrick films in an undetermined order - The Killing, Paths of Glory, and Full Metal Jacket.

Full Metal Jacket is my favorite among the three

But they all good movies


80 for Full Metal Jacket