The Greatest Film EVER Made

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 1999)

People may say that Citizen Kane is number one or Casablanca or even newer films or animated ones. But Milos Foreman's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is the best film EVER made. It is a tragic and hilarious. Touching and moving. It is both drama and comedy and balances it well.
Nicholson gives the performance of his career he deserved his award as did Fletcher. True this was Nicholson's film but he certainly was not my favorite character. That title belongs to the character of good ol' Charlie Cheswick. He was warm and moving and equally naive. Cheswick stole just about all of the scenes he was in.
This film usually has to suffer the debate of whether this or Jaws was better. Yes Jaws changed the summer blockbuster, was Steven Spielberg's masterpiece and is remembered more but the Academy Awards was 100% right in choosing this as the best picture of 1975. It is by far a superior picture. Not to say Jaws is bad but this film is the king of the motion picture industry.
The bottom line is this is my favorite film and will always be because of it's authenticity ( real mental institution patients were used) and it's tragicly funny story. In my opinion it is the definitive masterpiece, classic and number 1.