One of the worst films ever made!!!

Rating: 1/10 (11 July 2000)

After having read the book and seen the play (Little Fox Theater in San Francisco), I have to say this is the worst movie I have ever seen. I suppose having previous exposure to Kesey's work before seeing the movie spoiled me. I was expecting to see a great book made into a great movie. The movie Murphy was a totally different person than the book Murphy. The book Murphy instilled in the other patient a new found sense of self. In the movie, Murphy replaces the staff as the authority figure. The patients did what Murphy said, much the same as they did with the hospital staff. All in all an extremely pathetic translation to film.