Read the book, it's far better than the movie!

Rating: 9/10 (28 October 2002)

Fortunately not many well written books end in good movies (Forrest Gump or The Lord of the Rings are well known examples that it's possible to make a good movie) - so nor here. The director took out important elements from the text or changed it that way, that the characters presents not the way they (in the book) are. Also the "Big Nurse" isn't that diabolic as in the book (because of missing confrontations between her an the "new dangerous patient").
If you read the book, expect that you'll be disappointed. If you haven't read the book yet (an probably only watched the movie) read it...and get a much better impression of the things Ken Kensey wanted to say in its great text!