One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2006)

In the movie One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jack Nicholson, played the role of Randle McMurphy. McMurphy, who was a criminal that was sentenced for a short term in prison, decided to declare himself insane so that he can be placed into a mental institution. The reason that he does this is to have an opportunity to live in comfort and luxury rather than the harsh life in prison. To his surprise, McMurphy experience there was completely different from what he had expected.
When McMurphy first met nurse Ratched, they both knew they were going to be each others enemies. I see Nurse Ratched as more of an authority figure who wants correct human behavior while McMurphy on the other hand, likes to do things as he please. I think that because he wants to make her more aggravated, he tries to teach the patients new things that she would not approve. He questions why the patients on why they would want to waste their life in such an institution when there is such a big world out there where there are some people who are even crazier. The story ends with a tragic ending. The nurse's authoritative behavior ultimately led to the death of a patient which also connected to the death of McMurphy in the end. After the chief kills McMurphy out of mercy, he then breaks the window and left the ward. A free man just like how McMurphy has always wanted them to be. I liked the ending because McMurphy was able to change at least one patient's view on life.