The greatest Movie Metaphor of all time

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2002)

Who among us is not in their own "insane asylum"? What keeps us from achieving all that we wish? Why are we afraid to free our spirit? Why do we live vicariously or anethetize ourselves. In this stunning movie, JP McMurphy is committed to a mental ward. When he discovers that his fellow inmates are there voluntarily,he is dumbfounded. MacMurphy makes them laugh and he makes them begin to think, much to nurse ratchid's dismay. They hold him up as a god, and for the first time they begin to take small steps toward independence. They eventually drain MacMurphy of his spirit but not before one of his disciples decides to overcome his fear and take action in one of the most breathtaking endings in movie history.