One flew over the cuckoo's nest

SETTING: Mental institution, supposedly in Oregon.

RATED: R, DRAMA

QUOTES: McMurphy: Is that crazy enough for ya'? Want me to take a shit on the floor?

Young Psychiatrist: Have you ever heard of the old saying "a rolling stone gathers no moss?"
McMurphy: Yeah.
Young Psychiatrist: Does that mean something to you?
McMurphy: Uh... It's the same as "don't wash your dirty underwear in public."
Young Psychiatrist: I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
McMurphy: [smiling] I'm smarter than him, ain't I?
[laughs]
McMurphy: Well, that sort of has always meant, is, uh, it's hard for something to grow on something that's moving.

THOUGHTS: Well it has been quite a few years since I first heard of this film and just haven't gotten around to seeing  it. Now I have, what was I thinking to wait this long? Jack undoubtedly makes the part of McMurphy. The cast was utterly brilliant! this iconic film stars none other than: Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Brad Dourif, Anjelica Huston, Scatman Crothers, Louise Fletcher and of course Jack Nicholson.

SYNOPSIS: McMurphy, a man with several assault convictions to his name, finds himself in jail once again. This time, the charge is statutory rape when it turns out that his girlfriend had lied about being eighteen, and was, in fact, fifteen (or, as McMurphy puts it, "fifteen going on thirty-five"). Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards that he's crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients to progress. Nurse Ratched becomes his personal cross to bear as his resistance to the hospital routine gets on her nerves.

CONCLUSION: This film, (if one cares) is riddled with off color words, but in my eyes it only adds to the attempt at reality. McMurphy seemingly the Gemini if you will, to our "civilized" side, creates a feeling of freedom from the "norm." A movie truly for the ages. A must see for those who like the "reality" of film.

MY RATING: 4 out of 5 for character creativity from the cast, screenplay and the use of in your face reality of the Mental Institutions of the 50's and 60's.

FILM FREAK CENTRAL: 4 out of 4, Philosophically sound, motivational, inspirational, Czech director Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of a small number of Best Picture winners to actually deserve the statuette.