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"2016/02/08 @home on DVD from library with Kendra This was a movie that I had heard about my whole life, which isn't surprising since it is definitely worth the watch and was made the same year I was born. Wasn't sure exactly what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised. It was fun to see several actors that I recognized from other, later films. I was also really impressed by the quality of the picture and sound of the DVD. I was expecting to be able to tell it was an old movie, but the qu"

" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Genre: The Plot:"

" Notes: To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. Well, after all these years, I actually have some mixed feelings about the damned thing. I mean, on one hand, it was and has always been a massive critical success and it is considered as one of the best movies ever made. On the other hand, the more I think about it, the more I think that this movie gave a rather romantic view of the life in a psychiatric hospital. Indeed, m"

"#1: Randle McMurphy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!"

" One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, is inspired by Kesey's time working in an actual mental ward and is a damning indictment of the treatment of mental patients; in fact, it goes so far as to criticize the presribed nature of mental ilness itself, implying that such a designation is reserved for society's misfits rather than those truly chemically imbalanced. The superior acting and up-close-and-personal directing style only serve to carry this point home on the b"

" Points: 21 Chosen by: Director Black (4), Dagobert (7), aLittleTyger (10) Previous rank: 58 (โ1) IMDB top 250 rank: 16"