One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

But I tried, didn't I? Goddamn it, at least I did that.--McMurphy


         Ever imagined yourself live with a group of mentally ill people? What would happen? Is it possible for you to become mad too when you get out of it? One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest presents us the story of McMurphy(Jack Nicholson), who is a "rebel" and deliberately gets himself into the mental asylum to avoid prison sentence. But the life in the mental ward is much worse than he has thought. There is a very repressive Nurse Ratched(Louis Fletcher), who is more like a dictator than a nurse and she makes the patients there 100 percent obey her. As a guy who is not crazy, McMurphy starts to make changes in the lives and spirits of the nuts. And a competion between chaos and order begins.
         Basicly, this movie is undoubtedly one of the best in the movie industry. It won five Oscar awards in 1965 and ranks #20 on IMDb. Jack Nicholson's acting is spectacular in this movie, he successfully built up a rebellious, upright and humorous R.P. McMurphy. And for Louis Fletcher, the antagonist, modeled herself as the old-fashioned, dominant and even cruel Nurse Ratched, perhaps the greatest villain ever. And other "nuts" in the film are also great: the stuttered Billy Bibbit(Brad Dourif), the mountain-like Chief(Will Sampson), the baffling Harding(William Redfield). One can always gets a good laugh from their hilarious but true actings. And I found it especially funky seeing they playing cards!
         One more thing, the music in the film is great too. In the opening shot, it starts a stirring, eccentric music which fits quite well with the early morning view and the "Cuckoo's Nest". When they are playing cards or fishing, the music becomes delightful and it changes so naturally that you can't even discern it. At the end of movie, the same stirring movie starts again, which is very powerful when it is combined with the plot. See the movie yourself if you think I'm exaggerating. Thumbs up!!