One flew over the cuckoo’s nest (1975)

Director: Milos Forman

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson

A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’ is regarded among the best movies ever made, so I finally decided to watch it, even though the trailer did nothing for my senses.

Having seen it now, neither did the film, actually. The acting from the entire cast is absolutely brilliant, especially Jack Nicholson, but sadly this could not save the film for me. I found it dragging with too much talking and too little happening. Yes, it is a very well made film. Yes, it was interesting to see how the criminal (Nicholson) changed everyone’s lives and added life to their otherwise monotonous existence. Nevertheless, I’m not fond of talkies, and also found the film just too long to remain interesting.

Somehow the film also seems pointless in the end. The film revolves around proving whether the criminal is insane or not, but they never follow through on this…

‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’ won five Oscars (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay). It also won another 35 awards, most of which for Jack Nicholson as Best Actor, and Milos Forman as Best Director.  The film was also a huge box office success, earning $108 million on a $3 million budget. Wow!

Would I watch it again? No.