One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest DVD > Reviews

Advantages: Great entertainment
Disadvantages: not for fast action fans particularly

...forever perfect. This is just one of a handful of movies out of thousands that I could happily watch twenty four hours a day, every day, for the rest of my life! What makes it so good? Read on if you want to know more…. The Story…. Randle P. McMurphy [played by Jack Nicholson] is a loud-mouthed fast talking convict. He has learnt that he can shorten his sentence and spend his remaining time in a nice cosy mental hospital, if he can convince ... Read review

Advantages: A classic film, very clever, shocking ending
Disadvantages: Not much action, depressing subject matter

...mental condition, we are never one hundred percent sure that it is all fake. Although clearly not as disturbed as many of the other patients, he certainly does seem to have some violent and impulsive tendencies and we are never sure whether his manic outbursts are wholly for the purpose of appearing insane and trying to provoke Nurse Ratched, and his character is genuinely quite disturbing. Louise Fletcher is also excellent (she and Nicholson both ... Read review

Advantages: An absolute classic. My all time favourite film.
Disadvantages: The fact that Brad Douriff and Louise Fletcher never went on to fabulous acting careers.

I got this film from a video shop in 1989 and never took it back. No, I'm not a tea leaf, I bought it with hard earned cash from my paper round. I pestered the shop owner until he agreed a price of eight pounds. Videos were not as easy to come by back then and I was convinced I had myself a bargain. I still am. The film, made in 1975, won five oscars, including the big four of Actor, Actress, Picture and Director. It stars Jack Nicholson at his ... Read review

Advantages: Great story, great performances, brilliant stuff
Disadvantages: Quite depressing

...all night, but there is one film, one very special film in which Old Nick puts together a very special performance and we get one of those classic moments in cinema history. You know what it is because you’re reading it here, ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’, the 1975 film version of Ken Kesey’s novel from the 1960’s. If you’ve never seen it then you’ve got a rare treat to look forward to, if you ... Read review

Advantages: The acting is FLAWLESS
Disadvantages: None

A fantastic and absorbing film, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is an adaption of Ken Kesey's book. If you know about Kesey, you will know that anything of his that is made into a film will be raw, undiluted and an accutely observed look at life. Jack Nicolson plays the main character in this piece, R. P. McMurphy. He's a reprobate who's convinced he can escape his latest rap, just so long as they find him mentally ill. He figures a few years in ... Read review

Advantages: Jack Nicholson in perhaps his best performance
Disadvantages: Sad there's not a happy ending

...lead us, the consumer, to one universal conclusion; that no-one else on the planet wants them and so they're being off-loaded to us mugs who'll buy anything once its hit the bottom of the bargain bucket. This, I hope, is not the case for most rational human beings, and certainly not those of us who enjoy quality cinema. Bargain buckets, however, are often more shiny than they seem. Or, in the case of this gem, blue. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoos ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent acting, thought-provoking
Disadvantages: Could be distressing for some

...top US actors together in one film. The director Czechoslovakian Milos Forman, real name Jan Forman, became orphaned at a young age when his parents died in Aushwitz. Having studied film direction, he began his career in his home country, moving to the US in the 1960s. Apart from this film, other well-known films that he directed include Hair (1979) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1984). The story McMurphy, a man with a criminal record, is ... Read review

Advantages: Amazing must-see, timeless film
Disadvantages: None

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was based upon the acclaimed bestseller by Ken Kesey. Sweeping all five major 1975 Academy Awards: Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz & Michael Douglas), Best Actor (Nicholson), Best Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman) it easily attracted much attention. The film has a suberb cast, including Jack Nicoholson, Louis Fletcher, Danny DeVito, Brad Dourif, ... Read review

Advantages: actors peformances, story
Disadvantages: doesn't follow the book exactly

Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest the novel in 1962. It was recently made into a film starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. Milos Forman wrote the screenplay. The storyline and the characters are the same, but Forman has made additions, omissions and changes in the medium. These changes are so, because One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a very emotional novel with more thought than dialog, and this thought is hard ... Read review

Advantages: The Academy Award winning acting
Disadvantages: None.

...can tell you that is one of the first films that depicts what it's like to be in a state hospital. Even though the movie is over 20yrs old, it has still me thinking about the patients in these hospitals. Directed by Milos Forman ,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is about an ex-convict named Randall McMurphy, played excellently by Jack Nicholson who fakes insanity to get into a hospital to avoid trouble from the law. Little does McMurphy ... Read review

Advantages: Great,true story,characters,atmosphere
Disadvantages: -

...my opinion about the film one flew over the cuckoo's Nest, iam a german pupil who wants to get a better english here, i cant earn any money here just for fun:) THE FILM: Released 1975 was this film a sensation cause the people saw how it is in a mental institution, main character is Patrick McMurphy, played from one of the best acteurs: Jack Nicholson. The story is easy to understand but very intelligent, Jack has done much shit in his life, ... Read review

Advantages: Absolute classic, Brilliantly acted
Disadvantages: quite sad in parts

...on DVD. Jack Nicholson is one of my favourite actors and I think this is his best ever performance, He plays the part of a loveable rouge Randle Patrick McMurphy a petty criminal who is in prison. He manages to fool the prison authority into thinking he's insane Mcmurphy assumes life will be a lot easier in a mental institution. Although he quickly discovers its not the case and he may be kept their indefinitely. As Mcmurphy starts to befriend ... Read review