If you asked me to give you a movie that was insane, outrageous, and heartfelt all in one, I'd give you Milos Forman's 1975 masterpiece One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Besides the fact that this movie is literally nuts, it's a chaotic collage I haven't seen this well put together, or performed, in any other movie. This is another example of a movie that could not have done well if the actors didn't give it everything they had. But this time, instead of a stale, undercooked plot (I'm looking at you, Poor Things), it's a super interesting and unique storyline that, once again, I haven't seen in any other movie. I do know a song that follows the plot pretty closely (Joe Hawley of Tally Hall's The Mind Electric) but that's a different story. In one sentence, a man is sentenced to a work prison, but instead of going to the prison, he pretends he's crazy and gets sent to an asylum, where chaos soon follows. He shows the patients what life's really like. Shows them how to play basketball, how to have fun despite the strictness of the ward, and even sneaks the patients out of the hospital to go on a fishing trip. If you're anything like me, you'd think that this is a super interesting concept for a film. But that's not even the best part. I know I talk a lot about how a cast's performance can really affect how the movie turns out on this blog, and this movie is no exception to that. I don't think I can really say how well every single actor played their part in this movie. Jack Nicholson is convincingly unpredictable, and this really shows as a testament to his and his co-stars' raw talent showcased here. 9.5/10
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