One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD)

Jack Nicholson is one of those electric actors up on the big screen you just can't ignore. His menacing stares and deviant leers that have been seeded from his colorful life experience and quest to seriously enjoyed himself over the years gush though in his acting style, never better than in Cuckoos Nest. Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman were originally cast to play Nicholson's, R P McMurphy character, but eventually turned it down because of other commitments. Director Milos Forman always wanted Burt Reynolds in the lead, never feeling Jack was quite right for the part. The script was so hot around town that six previous Oscar winners auditioned for the lead roles of the ...  Read the complete review

One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest is one of the most iconic American films of all time. This film was adapted from Ken Kesey's 1962, best-selling novel. It is set in an authentic mental hospital which perfectly reflects the mundane predictability of the patients' everyday lives. Jack Nicholson plays the ostentatious protagonist with much zeal, winning him the Oscar for Best Actor. Nicholson plays a wise-guy anti hero called McMurphy, who causes much amusing turbulence to the quiet and dull atmosphere of the asylum. McMurphy encourages the patient's to fight against the drudgery of the asylum that the Nurses have condemned them to and to stand up for their own free will. ...  Read the complete review

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, depicting the ins and outs of a mental asylum, replete with a cast of weird, and sometimes wonderful, characters. When the film cleaned up at the 1976 Academy Awards, it was the first to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, Screenplay) in over 40 years, a staggering achievement. The film recieved huge critical acclaim and is also highly ranked in IMDB's Top 250 films. Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson, who won an Oscar for his outstanding portrayal) is a criminal living out a short sentence for ...  Read the complete review

I read a review on this earlier, and it reminded me of how much I love this film. I'm very a much a rom-com kind of girl, although I'll watch anything, and things that 'mean something' can get to me sometimes, but I prefer things which make me laugh. This makes me wonder why I find One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest so enchanting. I watched a part of it in psychology one day, and I couldn't wait to watch more and see what happened. I find psychology very interesting, and madness particularly something which interests me, so a film all about 'mental' people seemed right up my street. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest follows McMurphy (Jack ...  Read the complete review

This is a film that I very much watched because of my parents. My parents told me this was a very good film whenever I used to go on about the Terminator films or something with purely action and special effects. I am glad they informed me about this very unique and outstanding movie. Ranked in the top 10 on IMDB, and no movie can be ranked that high without good reason. Let me assure you I was a fan of Jack Nicholson before. In fact a very big fan and I loved his performances in films like 'The Shining' and 'A Few Good Men'. He was my favourite actor behind the legendary pair of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. What 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' did for me was put ...  Read the complete review