The acting is excellent, but the writing doesn't live up to the book.

Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2004)

Well, as has probably been mentioned a thousand times, Jack Nicholson is brilliant in this film. His character is so well built that you forget it's Jack and Randall P McMurphy become real to you. The supporting cast is excellent as well. Nurse Ratched is portrayed perfectly as a manipulative control freak.
Of course, the acting is where the greatness ends. The direction is decent, but nothing special, and the writing is just terrible. After reading, and loving the book, I just couldn't like this movie. Ken Kesey's novel is nothing short of superb, and the plot of the film adheres to the plot so poorly that it loses so many of the things that were great about the book.
All in all, the movie falls far short of the book.
Acting: 9.5/10 Overall: 5/10