I'm human. Just let me be one !!

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2008)

For me, this is inarguably one of the greatest films the American Cinema has ever produced. There are many reasons:
ACTING: Thoroughly deserving, both Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher won Oscar for their performances. The rest of the cast did as good as them both.
DIRECTION: Excluding the technical aspects, Milos Forman directed as good as any one. Each and every character was given its proper time to be developed and perceived by the audiences. He was able to successfully show that the only regular way of life a human must follow is to follow an irregular path regularly. The movie makes us believe that we are humans, we have desires, we need freedom: of thoughts, of actions, and most importantly, of perceptions !!
THE TITLE: The allegorical title of the film "One flew over the Cuckoo's nest" means "Cuckoo's nest" as the hospital and the "one who flew over" it is "McMurphy" (my dear Jack). The name is allegorical as well as deep since Cuckoo is the ONLY bird that doesn't have its own nest. So is the case with the patients that do not own the dwelling but still they're the cuckoos with a nest(hospital).
A bit about the 2 main characters:
NURSE RATCHET: Her main purpose seems to be keeping her patients weak, in order that she can mold them into what she wants them to be - good, docile "rabbits" who can be sent back out to fill their places in society quietly.
McMURPHY: An "uncivilized" brawler, and is curiously honest, for he never pretends to be anything other than what he is. It is his ability "to be himself" that differentiates him from other inmates.He is his own man which sets him apart from the frightened, repressed group of men who have placed themselves voluntarily Under Nurse Rached's authority.
FINAL SAY:
As they say the audiences like happy endings, well the movie has an exception here either.It neither makes you gloomy nor very happy i presume. What it does is: see for yourself!! Without a doubt in my mind, 10 out of 10!