Don't let the bastards get you down!

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2006)

This is an excellent movie. Nicholason is awesome and the acting is generally very good. The only problem I would have with it is the unrealistic way the mental patients are described. This is hardly the way it is to be insane. The movie is also a bit sentimental like for example scenes where we see severely sick people partying at Christmas. What joy could they possible get out of that? However, all this is excused because the plot is so good. The role of the big Indian really makes sense, and this is, of course, really the story of America. "They killed him." "I'm not saying they killed him. They were working on him like they are working on you." This is the conversation between Nicholson and the Indian. It is very true. This is what "society" does to you as a person. There's always going to be some people who are "working on you" to get you down. But this movie is saying: "Don't let the bastards get you down!"