The start of many careers, and record breaking. You'll see why.

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2010)

Milos Forman's One flew over the cuckoo's nest won Best picture in 1975. It deserved it, no doubt about it. But what else did it do? It was one out of two films in history to win all of the major academy awards, including Best picture, Best actor, Best actress, and Best director. It was also the start of many careers. Including Danny Devito and Christopher Lloyd.
Cuckoo's nest is a terrific film. It's incredibly memorable, funny, powerful, with terrific performances, and and ending so justified it actually made me laugh. Out loud. For perhaps about ten minutes.
Nicholson stars as R.P. McMurphy, a man trying to escape from going to prison. so he acts like he's insane so then he doesn't have to. While there, he takes over the place. He is the king. The only thing in his way is Nurse Ratched(played excellently by Louise Fletcher),a humongous bitch who controls most of the place.
Everything that Cuckoo's nest won deserved it. Nicholson definitely deserved best actor. Fletcher definitely deserved best actress. nobody else could've played these roles like they did. And it deserved best picture of the year. One flew over the cuckoo's nest is a force like no other. And it is utterly flawless.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest: A+