Craziness and Sadness

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2010)

When my friend saw that this movie was on my list for movies to watch for my History of American Cinema class, she told me that I had to watch it and I did not have a choice. Of course this confused me. Yes I heard of the movie before but I never actually thought about watching it. Now I am glad that I watched it.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a crazy movie that is also very enjoyable. At first you thought things may go wrong because the main character wanted to get out of work detail at the prison by being considered 'crazy' and in the end it did, but the story before the ending events was heartwarming. Jack Nicholson's character saw all the other patients as people and accepted them for who they were. He accepted all of their flaws and had a good time with all of them.
Although the ending was extremely sad, it also brought on new hope when the Chief was able to finally get his freedom.