One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- R
- 2h 14m
- 1975
94%
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A feisty misfit sent to a mental hospital inspires his fellow patients to assert themselves, much to the chagrin of the strong-willed head nurse, who turns out to be more dangerous than any of the inmates.Based on the novel by Ken Kesey and the play by Dale Wasserman.
© 1975 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rotten Tomatoes® Score
TOMATOMETER®
94%Critics Consensus: The onscreen battle between Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher serves as a personal microcosm of the culture wars of the 1970s -- and testament to the director's vision that the film retains its power more than three decades later.
Reviews
Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
Watching this again, I am less inclined to regard Nurse Ratched as a simple villain, despite her v...
June 25, 2017
Little White Lies
Sophie Wyatt
A dark vision of the American psychiatric system which incorporates a tragic seam of comedy.
June 25, 2017
Time Out
Tom Huddleston
Unlike its frontman, this multi-Oscar-winning drama hasn't aged particularly well.
June 25, 2017
New York Daily News
Kathleen Carroll
Nicholson explodes on the screen in a performance so flawless in timing and character perception t...
June 25, 2017
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Common Sense Media
age 16+Common Sense Says
Classic and brilliant, but violence makes it teens only.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this adult drama laced with humor deals with life-and-death issues and is set in a hospital psychiatric ward. Intense situations alternate with comic moments, and underlying all are the weighty topics of tyranny, sacrifice, and the fragility of the human mind. There are scenes of sustained cruelty, forcible restraint of mental patients, fighting, and two deaths (including a suicide). Language is strong throughout: "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "jerk off," and a multitude of other expressions, including slurs such as "queer," "dumb Indian" and more. Characters smoke constantly, drink, and get drunk in one out-of-control party sequence.
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Additional Info
- Genre:Drama, Comedy
- Release Date:November 19, 1975
- Languages:English
- Captions:English
- Audio Format:5.1
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