The academy got this right

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2004)

The academy tends to honour films that portray physical or emotional problems. In this case the awards were well merited.
Randle P McMurphy (Nicholsen) fakes insanity to avoid a stretch in the pen thinking that spending time in a mental institution will be much easier. He doesn't reckon for Nurse Rathched (Louise Fletcher) who is far more daunting than anyone he was likely to meet in the state pen.
The two leads are excellent and are well supported by the rest of the cast including a very young looking Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito. 9/10