One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD) Reviews

This is one of those films that has achieved a cult status, but I had not seen it until last year. Based on a book of the same name, the film tells the tale of Randle (Jack Nicholson), a new inmate in a mental institution, who battles against the oppressive regime in the hospital, and leads an uprising of his own. I found this a very ...  Read the complete review

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest is sent in an asylum. Jack Nicholson has been in and out of various prisons and after much deliberation is sent to the asylum as a last resort to curb his wild behaviour. It is evident that he is not mentally disturbed, just wild! His sole aim is to cause as much disruption as possible and his inner ...  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, ...  Read the complete review

This film has forced so many well known now actors into the spotlight all those years ago, Danny Devito, Jack Nicholson and Christoper Lloyd to name but a few, of course the plaudits should and will always go to Jack Nicholson for a superstar performance and to think, he wasn't meant to be originally cast in the role. This film is a ...  Read the complete review

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of my alltime fav films. It was released in 1976 during a period when Hollywood gave directors more freedom and there were relaxed rules in censorship. As a result new 'youth' films featuring antiheros fighting establishments emerged to bring back audinces. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest follows ...  Read the complete review

Based on the critically aclaimed bestseller by Ken Kesey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is the tale of a fast talking hyperactive jailbird, Randle.P McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), who fakes insanity and gets put in a mental institution so as to avoid the prison work farm. He finds the ward he's on filled with quiet timid patients whose ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a film starring Jack Nicholson based on a book written by Ken Kesey. RP MacMurphy (Nicholson) plays a repeat offender who has run out of luck and is finally sent to a psychiatric institution when the authorities realise that prison is just not a strong enough deterrent to control him. Whilst in the institution, ...  Read the complete review

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest is my favourite film ever and as an ex-film student who devoted many, many hours to watching celluloid (as opposed to cellulite) magic that's saying something. I read the book before I saw the film and aged 14 it blew me away. I was later introduced to the film by my brother who was then working in a ...  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, ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Take Jack Nicholson, Brad Douriff, Danny Devito & Christopher Lloyd. All playing patients in a mental institution. And they look like they belong there. Jack looks he literally just walked off the set of The Last Detail and nothing like he did in Tommy (both of which predate this film). Devito looks about 12, he's so fresh faced. It's hard to ...  Read the complete review

This film is the best I have ever seen - no wonder it won two awards It was released in 1976 and the main character, Randle, is portrayed by Jack Nicholson. In parts it is hilarious and in parts it is truly shocking but I would recommend anyone who has not seen it to borrow,buy or rent this truly fantastic film. In ...  Read the complete review

This film, for starters, is directed by Milos Forman, who also directed The People Vs. Larry Flynt, he doesn't make too many films, but when he does actors will line up like kids at a fare ground ride to take part in them. One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opened the door for Brad Douriff, who, in my books is one of Hollywood's most ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I always wondered what this movie was about as I had never seen it so I was pleased when my partner bought it on dvd. I tell you I was not disappointed. The casting was great, it felt like the film was made especially for Jack Nicholson. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing his part. He was excellent. It definitely is a cut above the rest & ...  Read the complete review

This is my favourite of all the Coen brother films, it has an excellent soundtrack, great characters and quite a few laughs. If you are not a Coen brothers fan then it is not for you. Set in the depression it is the story of three convicts who escape the work detail shackled together. George Cooney plays the leader of the ...  Read the complete review

"Isn't that the bloke from ER" were uttered some 30 minutes into this film by my girlfriend at the moment (soon to be ex girlfriend, looks and sexual ability do not a lasting relationship make). The fact that George had been on screen the entire time did not seem to matter and I realised the relationship was doomed so we went our ...  Read the complete review

Having been a medical assistant in many hospitals a few years, I 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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review