The movie was excellent, but you really had to read the book first.

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2000)

I read and loved the book before I heard the movie was to be made and really had my doubts. Turning a riveting internal monologue into a passable, let alone excellent screen play is a monumental task. If you read "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" before seeing the movie, you'll immediately know what I mean.
I loved this movie and I loved the book, "Short Timers". I think the book was better, as the book "Cuckoo's Nest" was better than the movie.
But who cares! Both movies were monumental successes with superbly realized screenplays. Other authors should be so lucky when their novels are adapted to the screen.