Great film!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (14 February 2000)

I love this film! The performances were great, with strong performances by Louise Fletcher, Jack Nicholson, and all of the inmates. I really liked how the sequence of events all led up to the startling conclusion. <>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>When I first became acquainted with this film by reading a 15-page summary of it on Mr. Hollywood or some other film site like that, I cried when I read about Randall's lobotomy. I was really troubled that someone with so much vigor and passion was turned into a passive vegetable by the establishment. Not only that, but the reactions of the patients in my mind as I read horrified me. As far as the Chief's murder of Randall is concerned, I am against euthanasia actively and it bothered me very much but I respect that it was put into the film and novel. The Chief saw it as something that had to be done before he made his escape. <<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyways, I really enjoyed this film and all the performances elicited strong emotions. It deserved all the Oscars it received.