One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

  • 1977


MOVIE IS suburban dramatic excellent disturbing outstanding
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Positive Reviews 30
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 4.4/5
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3.0
But the script lacks the woozy, otherworldly subtlety of Keseys book, relying instead on pop psychology and finger pointing: once again, it turns out .. Time Out
3.8
It does go wrong, insisting on making larger points than its story really should carry... And yet there are those moments of brilliance. Rogerebert
5.0
Nicholson could always be relied on to supply a certain rakish charm. Ny Daily News
5.0
The directors fine way with actors shines through in their excellent performances. Spirituality And Practice
3.2
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is an energetic but manipulative film about fighting the system and not giving up hope. Sover
4.0
Ken Keseys grim satire of institutionalized authority, bracingly filmed by Milos Forman. Tv Guide
3.5
Now it still seems as if its subversive and rebellious, but its really quite conventional and totally acceptable. Combust Ible Celluloid
5.0
Its not just Nicholsons performance that makes this film a masterpiece; its the fact that Forman was able to prevent that performance from capsizing t .. The Guardian
5.0
Milos Formans 1975 version of Ken Keseys novel is back on cinema rerelease and Nicholson is Mac McMurphy, the subversive wildman and incorrigible trou .. The Guardian
4.0
The film is also well made and has several outstanding set pieces, and whatever one thinks of the rest of the film, the ending is terrific. Mountain X
4.2
A terrific adaptation of Ken Kenseys 1962 novel (first done as play) that became timelier in the 1970s, positing a free spirited hero (the excellent J .. Emanuellevy
4.5
Theres a lot here. But with a classic like Cuckoos Nest, too much is never enough. Ew
5.0
Its a wonderful bit of dramatic filmmaking and one I highly insist you watch if you havent yet. Cinema Crazed
5.0
As direct and simple as it is funny and moving, this is a masterpiece of dramatic naturalism. Empire
5.0
But unlike so many popular artistic and intellectual productions of that era, the book may have the capacity to outlive its historical moment. Time
4.5
So dope em up, the attitude seems to be, and well all rest easier. Flickfilosopher
5.0
The sexual politics have dated, yet conversely, Cuckoos overlap with Michel Foucaults ideas on the construction and socio political appropriation of m .. The Irish Times
5.0
Despite opening in a few more cinemas than Woodcock, fantasy reptile pic Dragon Wars rustled up less cash. Total Film
4.4
Beneath the surface, its about the attempts of an autocratic force to squash the individual. ReelViews
4.8
But its in Cuckoos Nest where Nicholson exhibited a virtuosic ability to juggle infinite layers of social subtext and personal motivation while dancin .. Coles Mithey
5.0
Despite its seeming more like a fabulous remake of a dated story rather than the first film version of a noted book and play, One Flew Over the Cuckoo .. Variety
4.4
No American anti establishment drama ever struck a louder chord than One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Groucho Reviews
4.5
WHOS GOING TO LIKE THIS MOVIE Anyone who wants to see a thoroughly dramatic and emotional film. 7M Pictures
4.5
The way it went into a secret world previously unknown to us and exposed the humanity and inhumanity within. Urban Cine File
5.0
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a beautiful cinematic tapestry interweaving comedy and tragedy together to form a breathtakingly powerful movie mast .. Three Movie Buffs
5.0
At the same time, the immaculate direction brings delicate ideas, issues and moral quandaries to the fore. Lw Lies
5.0
The film gets quite intense and disturbing by moments, but its still an uplifting, riveting picture. Montreal Film Journal
5.0
The idea of a suburban setting as a front for illicit activity is fairly original, and this could have made for a sharp satire.Instead, everyone blows .. Clclt
1.0
There are other subjects where comedy cannot say more than straight drama, and this is one of them.And because there is so much intentional comedy the .. Archive Spectator
5.0
My impulse is to call One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest a most engaging fairy tale, with the salt of horror not uncommon in the genre.It is hard otherwis .. The Nation
4.5
Miss Ratcheds one of the finest nurses weve got in this institution. Film Site



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