One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

A classic that I will enjoy many times. Jack Nicholson is fantastic in it.

Great film with jack Nicholson. Worth the effort.

I thought this was a movie about a bird trying to escape a mental hospital, but oh, was I wrong. Turns out, it's about a professional troublemaker who gets tossed into the loony bin and decides to turn the whole place into a summer camp. Jack Nicholson, bless his heart, acts like he's just stumbled into a surprise birthday party he didn't want to leave. He's bouncing off the walls, making bets on cards, and generally causing so much chaos that the other patients start to think they're sane just by comparison. And Nurse Ratched? She's the ultimate straight man. She just stands there, a pillar of quiet disapproval, while everything around her falls to pieces. She’s like the world’s most patient substitute teacher trying to wrangle a class full of hyperactive squirrels. The whole movie is a masterclass in controlled pandemonium, with everyone slowly losing their minds, but in the most hilarious, chaotic, and vaguely depressing way possible. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder if you're the crazy one for finding it so funny.

One of the best movies ever made! This one has been digitized to 4K! A must watch if you have only seen it 4 or 5 times!

Decent movie

Quick fact: This movie has been preserved in the national film registry, and has been regarded as one of the best films ever made. In addition to this, this film earned all 5 Academy awards - a feat not repeated until almost 20 years after its release in 1975. Based on a novel by the same name, OFOTCK stars Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy: a new patient at a mental institution. If it isn't bad enough that he is committed involuntarily, he soon finds himself at the mercy of a head nurse (Louise Fletcher as'Nurse Ratched') determined to assert her authority and maintain behaviors considered to be socially acceptable. It isn't by coincidence that the location and tone throughout the film feel authentic. This film was shot inside of the Ohio State Hospital - and thus, there were inevitable interactions with patients and staff members even if only in the sense they were extras. A potentially risky decision I would suspect, but in the end this setting serves a purpose all its own: It maintains a level capriciousness and reminds the audience that anything - yeah, anything really- can happen in this territory on a whim and isn't always easily prepared for. The cast all around paid due respect to the characters and personas they portrayed, and it goes without saying that this movie attempts to dignify individuals considered to be "mentally ill" and doesn't rely on gimmicky hat tricks to get the point across about their varying conditions. In addition to this, every character has their own separate understanding of their reality, and thus develop in vastly different ways over the course of the film. This may not count for much to other people, but this is impressive when you take into consideration how many characters that accounts for (It's about 8, give or take a few) and how little the actual setting changes (both physically and metaphorically). Sans a few differences throughout the book detail wise, it has come to my attention that details regarding Chief Bromden's life before being institutionalized aren't elaborated on in the movie as they were in the book. This bring me to my main and only criticism: At no point in the movie do have a grasp on why the voluntarily patients decide to remain committed. There are moments within the movie that tiptoe around this subject, but in the end there's no clear understanding regarding the "benefits" of being in a place that seems restrictive and overbearing. The nurse at times interjects with hints about the perks of being in this environment (she says something to the effect of "The men here rely on our daily routine/schedule"), BUT I would have just liked a little bit more in this area particularly. A true classic that stands the test of time - I would recommend!

A great movie about how institutions do not care about the individual. They only care about preserving their power and control, even murdering those who do not submit.

Funny movie

この映画のDVDは持っていましたが、やはりBlu-rayの画像の綺麗さには勝てないという事で購入しました。 映像は勿論綺麗に観れますし、字幕の文字が凄く見やすいのも凄く良い。 ジャックニコルソン主演の映画の中では一番好きな映画です。Amazonで安価に購入できて良かったです。

Excellent. Un de ma liste de film préféré de tous les temps.

The Blu Ray is 1080p with 16:9. 5.1 audio with English, German, Spanish and Italian. Subtitles are a plenty (English, Spanish, Dutch, French, etc.) I bought it for collecting.

Great movie. Shipping was 💨

To me this is one of the best films ever made. It is a wonderful story with an amazing cast. I cannot imagine anybody but Jack Nicholson playing the part of McMurphy, I give it 10 out of 10. I envy anybody who has not seen it, as they are in for a treat. Just one thing do NOT read the book first at that will spoil some of the surprises.