One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

I had this legendary film prepared for a long time, and I couldn't get to it for a while. Finally, I saw it and I have to say that it is truly an intense spectacle. Some actors play their crazies absolutely brilliantly. Danny DeVito is absolutely captivating, but it is clear that the main focus is on Nicholson and Fletcher. I like that the confrontation is not usually direct, but rather a cold war. It builds up beautifully. Every scene has its power, even though its climax may come gradually. When you want to create hell, you don't need demons. (03/13/2014)

Clearly the best Forman, the best Nicholson, and one of the most respected works by me. If I had to objectively say one film that deserves the highest rating from everyone, I would say it's precisely "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". The actors compete to play better - whether it's Randall, the head nurse, or any of the other crazies, they are all incredibly believable. For me, it was the best Indian, also because of the ending, where my jaw dropped and stayed there for a long time. (12/31/2005)

A truly good and interesting movie. I’m not too keen on Jack Nicholson, but here he gives an excellent performance and his McMurphy is a really great piece of acting, but equally great is Will Sampson in the role of the taciturn Chief. In fact, all of the acting performances deserve admiration. Perfect nutters :-). And Louise Fletcher as the dictatorial nurse is asking to be strangled. Forman’s masterpiece. (02/27/2007)

An inexpressible acting and directing concerto, based on an excellent book and a great script. It's hard to say to whom to most "attribute" the suggestiveness of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, whether the actor ensemble, who spent several weeks behind the walls of the world of "abnormality" to absorb the color there (and they succeeded perfectly), or Miloš Forman, whose sensitive and basically inconspicuous but perfectly well-established direction give the film a touch of quiet, subliminal drama, which reaches its greatest intensity in the group therapy scenes... Perhaps the most appropriate conclusion is that One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a perfectly coordinated symphony of all instruments, dominated by the solo parts of Jack Nicholson (incredibly natural and truly manic) and Louise Fletcher (whose beautiful façade hides a minimalist, gruesome interior). The quiet struggle of these two elements – the noisy bon vivant and troublemaker McMurphy and the despotic ruler of the Ratched sisters perfectly complements the smaller but all the more respectable acting party of the department's inmates. Miloš Forman moves in the world of the "crazies" with absolute clarity, with a documentary overview and flawless feeling for the inner drama of the characters. Years later, this image of individual freedom and joy of living in the midst of a world that eats its inhabitants mercilessly is still much better than everything that has been filmed on the subject (including the calculated The Shawshank Redemption). (03/13/2005)

Miracles happen sometimes. This low-budget film nobody expected anything from and by a director with almost no reputation, went on to become a worldwide hit, winner of five major Oscars and a pearl of world cinema. Louise Fletcher, as Nurse Mildred, is one of the most repulsive creatures and the final scene one of the most emotional and moving in the history of cinema. (04/13/2003)