FIRST TIME WATCHING: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) REACTION (Movie Commentary)
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I'm not sure a movie has ever made me hate someone as much as I hated that nurse.
It's her and Percy from A Green Mile
@@Migz2682agree with you both. Have to add Joaquin Phoenix in gladiator too
President snow is up there
In the book it is such a glorious moment when he rips open her clothes and her breasts come out in front of everyone
@@Migz2682 I still need to see this, I've been putting it off for years.
Nurse Ratched is definetly a villain here; she has her own problems with control and manipulation and the film makes it clear at several points that she's not helping them
There is very little evidence that the nurse or the system she works in ever helped anyone. She represents everything that is wrong with that barbaric mental health care system.
Exactly. She's pure evil.
I've just reacted to this, so I'm checking out other reactions.
It horrible seeing the extent of her evil unfold!
@@RyanCarringtonokay dude we get it 😂
The nurse DID get back at them the most evil way she could. She knew all their weak points. She used the threat of telling Billy's mom what he did to trigger his suicide. She did that to get back at McMurphy for his defiance of her, which included that party they had. I think that's an important point because the way I see it, she superficially seemed to 'win'. Her actions triggered McMurphy into doing something that led to him being rendered harmless. He's completely neutered. Yet, as you say, his spirit lives on. The chief escapes to the cheers of the other patients. So the nurse loses on a deeper level in the end.
Nurse Ratched knew every single button to push on the patients and she pushed them.
I've just watched this, so I'm checking out other reactions.
Ratched was EVIL!
Nurse Ratched knew everyone's secret fear, weakness, guilt etc. and used it to control and destroy them. She won the award for underplaying that evil so well.
Just reacted to this myself and she played that role brilliantly. Because I absolutely hated her 😂
Christopher Lloyd, Brad Dourif, Danny Devito, Louise Fletcher, and Jack Nicholson... stellar cast for a difficult but amazing story. Glad you finally got to watch it.
Brad Dourif's first film AND he got an Oscar nod for it. Talk about a debut haha
oh, the UK bafta awards the same year were an absolute treat. the cast were in character as they presented and won. i think you can find the award show from 1975 right here on youtube.
Louise Fletcher earned the Oscar for her role as Nurse Ratched. She delivered part of her acceptance speech in ASL because her parents are deaf. It’s quite beautiful.
She was cast in a show called Star Trek: Deep Space Nine inn 1993 as Vedek Winn, an inflexible leader of the Bajoran religion. She was only in 14 episodes of the seven-season series. But she was beloved as a wicked villain in that show, because a lot of the story in later seasons was talking about her leadership role as Kai of the Bajoran people, when the Prophets had never even spoken to her. The worst hypocrite who might have redeemed herself in her final scene. Chef’s kiss of a featured role for Louise Fletcher.
She was loved on the ST convention circuit-such an unbelievably kind woman. She loved how hated her character was.
she was in a movie with Christoper Walkin called Brainstorm and she absolutely blew my mind. After decades of seeing her as a villain suddenly I saw her play this kind-hearted warm person. I was like, "Holy crap! Louise Fletcher is a phenomenal actress!"
She was very good at playing complex and familiar villains (as in like someone you might know.)
@@nofishinmydiet Never saw that movie. Have to check it out sometime.
@@nofishinmydietFor some reason, Brainstorm is always the first movie I think of when I see her.
Agreed! I loved seeing her as Vedek Winn, what a fantastic character! So happy she got the Oscar for Cuckoo's Nest, and well deserved.
When McMurphy took all of them fishing, I realized that it's the therapy they actually need. Look how happy they are.
If the other patients saw Mack broken and defeated, doomed to wander about as a vegetable, it would have destroyed all he stood for and Ratchet would have won.
There's an incredibly profound moment in this movie, that only lasts a few seconds, but speaks volumes.
When they hijack the fishing boat, and MacMurphy introduces them all as doctors--- notice how they all stand straighter , composed & dignified---
The moment they were given an honorary title. Just a group of highly educated men going fishing together.
That moment underlines just how insidious labeling people can be.
When they were all labeled as "crazy", "nuts" , "deficient", etc. , they fell into the role that they were assigned by the label.
That’s deep 😊
@@Whateva67 it is.
Seriously, go back & watch that little scene, and I think you'll see what Im talking about.
Actually, a fantastic teacher I had in high school had us watch this for our creative writing class, and he was the one who pointed that out.
( so I can't take credit )
But I always notice it now, when I watch the movie, and it shakes me to the core--- seeing how much people can be influenced by the labels they're given. Especially if it goes on for years...
@@lisarainbow9703 the only one who didn't straighten up was "Mr Harding" how he slumped when Mac didn't address him as a Dr.
"Of course, Dr. Scanlon, The FAMOUS Dr. Scanlon." 😂
Absolutely spot on true
Great movie. All the patients are great, and Nurse Ratched is really good at being the villian.
Fun fact: this movie was filmed at Oregon state hospital and they hired many patients to work on the production, which was great. There is now a museum at the hospital that includes an exhibit on the filming of this movie there.
One of the greatest films of all time; you might not realise it the first time you see it, but it's one of those films that stays with you long after first watching. The genius of this film is you spend the first 95% thinking it's a dark comedy, but then the final acts make you realise it was a tragedy all along.
Jack Nicholson is so good in this. One of my favorite movies.
It is my favorite film of all time !! Won Best Actor for Jack, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Script and Best movie of the year !!
Actually, imo, ''Nurse Ratched'' (Louise Fletcher's incredible performance) is the most evil villainess in cinema history. Btw, did you noticed her hairstyle? It has two horns!
Yes! Plus her white uniform contrasting McMurphy 's black clothing presents her as an angel in disguise. The ironic twist who is clearly evil.
I read she has a 40s style in the 60s to show life stopped for her a long time ago
One of the great things about this movie was the supporting cast. People that went on to be in movies or tv series like "Back To The Future", "Romancing The Stone", "Police Squad", "Taxi", "Childs Play", "Fast Times At Ridgemont High", and "The Shining". Of course Nurse Ratchet, one of the best female villains in movies along with Kathy Bates in "Misery".
Brad Dourif is such an underrated actor
Which one is he?
The one with the stutter, he's also the voice of Chucky@@kyledettmers3057
The one who killed himself
The novel, by Ken Kesey was a requirement by my high school 2nd semester English teacher.......along with Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I am forever grateful to him for introducing me to these wonderful works of fiction. They remain three of my favorites to this day.
Inspired by Ken Kesey's time in an actual mental hospital, during the 50s, where he was a volunteer subject in the Army's experiments with LSD. After this, of course, he went on to form the Merry Pranksters, who travelled the country by bus giving out free acid to people who were curious about it. Isn't it funny what they don't tell you in school?
bradbury's the illustrated man was another good one.
Those are all great books.
What a great teacher!! Catch-22 is my favorite book, btw... I remember being assigned The Scarlett Letter, which I never read... I did get, "Of Mice And Men" which was likely the only one I read for a high school class....
This is one of the greatest movies ever made, for all sorts of reasons. The one main reason for me is Jack's performance, which is one of the greatest performances in all of cinema. He's kind of a lazy creep, he's funny, a natural leader, inspirational, and tragic. Brad Dourif is so great in this too. There's so much to love about this film. An absolute classic.
This role is elemental, but in my opinion, Nicholson's greatest performance has to be in The Last Detail. That performance is something else.
Also, this was not only Brad Dourif's first film, but he got an Oscar nod for it! His performance in Wise Blood is another one to behold.
Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture!
I've recently decided that this is actually a dystopian story. Where *1984* examines control by force and *Brave New World* examines control by distraction, this story examines control by expert classification and by shame.
Yes exactly 💯
That Basketball game is the greatest thing ever 😅
What an incredible cast.
this performance was Jack's third Best Actor nomination in a row (after The Last Detail and Chinatown......hope you get to watch both sometime) and he finally broke through for the win.........enjoyed the reaction (as always)......thanks for posting.
This is one of my favorite movies
This film had its Swedish premiere on February 26, 1976 in Stockholm.
The film ran for over 10 years, i.e. until the winter of 1986/1987 in cinemas in Stockholm, which is a Swedish record. (Text borrowed from Swedish wiki.)
I've worked psych for years, a lot of those characters are very realistic. that is accurate for psych treatment at that time, now it's very different, but patient's are similar still.
I am SO happy someone is reacting to my FAMILY’S favorite movie! From the time the movie came out til about the mid 2010’s my family use to have a party every Labor Day to celebrate this film including but not limited to having I.V. basgs of alcohol and we would play games and watch the movies on repeat in the garage next to the photo collage and homemade rag-doll of McMurphy lol. We had to stop because random people kept showing up that none of the family knew. We put up pictures of Jack Nicholson’s face to lead people to the party (before cell phone maps)
I see a lot of people have mentioned this, but I have to chime in as well. Nurse Ratched is one of the great villains of movies from that era. She wants complete control over these men, and that was threatened when McMurphy came along. When Billy finally gained a little self-esteem and confidence after sleeping with Candy (shown by his lack of a stutter), she knew exactly what to say to knock him right back--mentioning his mother (who was obviously the source of his deep problems). The threat of his mother finding out drove him to kill himself. The fact that Nurse Ratched is soft-spoken and seems professional and caring to the hospital staff only makes her more of a villain.
But aside from all that, I always enjoy your reactions and this was no exception. I hope you watch some more movies from the 70s and earlier. I'd recommend 12 Angry Men if you haven't seen it.
Louise Fletcher was absolutely amazing in this movie. Glad she won an Academy Award.
I look at Chief’s action as a sort of liberation for Mac, knowing that’s not how Mac would want to “be” in the world.
What I don’t know is if Chief was or wasn’t committed. We know most of the others weren’t. And ever since I saw this movie I had a soft spot for Brad Dourif. He was absolutely wonderful in Deadwood as the drunken doctor.
He is. In the scene which is even in this reaction. Miss Ratched is naming who is committed: Mr Bromden (Chief), Mr Taber (the one who was cheering when Chief escaped) and "some of the chronics" )
One of my favorite movies and one of my favorite books. It's all about control. The book is told from the Chiefs perspective, and gets much deeper than shown in the movie ❤️
One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoos nest.
The cast is pretty much my childhood
such a brutal ending, lobotomies were the stuff of nightmares
especially if you we're a Kennedy
@@zedwpd Rosemary;(
@@zedwpdand a woman
This is the rare case where I loved the film more than the book. The novel is narrated by the Chief, so there's not the element of surprise that you get from him in the film when he first speaks. The movie also has some original elements that I felt added a lot to the story. One of them is the World Series game. They also have the voting in the book where Nurse Ratchett asserts her authority. However, the scene in the film when McMurphy pushes back and pretends like he's watching the game on TV is original. I think it helps set the stage for his battle with Nurse Ratchett.
Great reaction Great choice
If you're on the fence about Ratched, remember she says Let's take a vote Knowing full well how it was going to go
Yeah, applause! One of my first favorite movies, one of the first movies I bought on a VHS, and still one of my favorite movies! The ending is perfect!
Also, a big relief watching someone _getting_ the movie, all of it! Many reactors miss a lot of the dynamics for many reasons, they might not understand the nature of 70s mental healthcare, or they miss little things - and no diss to them, but they miss a lot of the spirit of the film, in the process. I fully agree with your breakdown at the end! Good reaction!
Totally agree. I was really amazed by the final analysis.
Not seeing Ratched as the villian is far from getting it
@@Opener73Who's not seeing her as a villain?
23:33 yep and he's gonna feel all 2000 volts of it
Nurse Ratched used her position to study the weaknesses and triggers of the patients. When she saw that Billy was being defiant, perhaps for the first time in his life she brought up his mother and that shut him down.
I've just reacted to this, so I'm checking out other reactions.
Ratched made me so angry 😂
Omg cutie pie, I'm so happy you're reacting to this classic!!! You're going to love it!
A top tier film, with a top tier cast. Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched) won the Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe for this role, among other awards. That character is often found on listings of top female villains. She did an incredible job. RIP. Yes, that was Scatman Crothers, who was also in The Shining. And what can you say about Jack Nicholson that hasn't already been said - a legend of an actor. He eats up the screen with just a look. In this film, though - he somehow lets everyone shine. All of the other "patients" at the hospital (did you catch Danny DeVito?) are memorable in their own way. This film does leave you with a whole bunch of emotions - you feel sad (for McMurphy) at the end and so exhilarated when "Chief" lifts the water fountain, breaks the window and runs out. It almost feels like he's doing it for all of them. In 1976, the film won 5 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Nicholson), Best Actress (Fletcher), Best Director, Milos Forman, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was nominated for a whole slew of other awards as well as winning a long list of additional awards. Glad you enjoyed this truly great movie.
When I first saw this move I didn't recognise Danny Devito till about 3/4 of the way through it. I'd never seen him with a full head of hair before.
An emotional roller coaster of a film
1. Gold nuggets in the cast.
2. This movie snagged all of the top 5 Oscars.😎
3. Harding physically resembles my old barber/friend(RIP) WWII vet.
4. "She's a something of a cunt ain't she Doc."
5. Mac did more for those guys than Nurse Ratched and her crew.
6. Ratched uses Billy's mother as her weapon. They all have their weaknesses, and she uses whatever they are against them for control.
7. They gave Mac a lobotomy and the Chief put him out of his misery. He knew Mac wouldn't want to live like that.
8. Nicholsen and Scatman worked together in, "The Shining".
9. The book is written from Chief Bronden's POV.
10. RIP Louise Fletcher😇
Love seeing this reacted too! Great job!!!
I took an acting class in college. A friend and I were assigned the scene from this where McMurphy gives the Chief gum. I was playing the Chief. The day we were to perform it in class, he took me aside and said that he was really going to give me a stick of gum, and that I should just go with it. Okay, sure. On stage he cupped the gum into my hand. When I opened my hand to unwrap it, I saw that he’d slipped me a rubber. I lost character and started laughing, and tossed it offstage. As it passed the teacher’s head he saw what it was and fell out of his chair laughing so hard.
Great reaction to a great movie. So many great actors at the start of their careers. One example, Brad Dourif (Billy Babbit), played some very well-known characters in popular TV shows and films (ie, Doc Cochran in Deadwood and Grima Wormtongue in LOTR, etc.) and most people don't even realize it's him in Cuckoo's Nest.
most people miss Danny Davito, I think his first movie
The title tells you only one was going to get out
There's an episode of It's always sunny that has some references from this movie. You'll know it when you get to it haha
I recall the author of the novel of this film refused to watch the movie for... a reason I forgot, lol. Think it had to do with how badly they treated patients back then .
edit: whenever I hear Evil Woman by ELO all that comes to mind is Nurse Ratched; she was brilliant yet very terrifying.
This movie had, for a very short time, the biggest worldwide box office of any film in history. Then Star Wars came out.
As OFOTCN is one of my favourite movies, I have watched quite a few of these reaction videos. I enjoyed your video very much. However, it was your summing up at the end that really impressed me. You showed a very interesting insight about Nicholson's development of McMurphy's character and his relationship with the Chief. Another interesting insight was your description of Nurse Ratched's attitude and motives regarding her long term treatment of her patients. Totally different to how other reactors saw her. I hope to see more of your reviews. It would be great if you could review Schindler's List in the near future.
Great reaction. For more Nicholson try "The Last Detail" or "Five Easy Pieces."
"Medication time".....lol
You got Frank Reynolds, Doc Brown, Chucky, Mr. Hallorann to name a few
Funny, tragic, dark, thought-provoking, sad, serious...all in one film.
I don't know if you noticed, but Martini was played by Danny Devito
A classic. Always enjoy your reactions.
I'm not so sure you can hold onto his face while he's getting electric shocks.
Very sad movie. I'm excited to hear your take on it.
Hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
This was only the second film to ever win the big 4 oscars: Jack Nicolson and Louise Fletcher for acting, best picture and best director for Milos Foreman.
I’ve seen this movie many times over my lifetime. It makes me cry every time.
Based off a great book by the same title
Danke!
The book is told from Chief’s perspective
Nicholson enjoys crazy roles...with October days away..consider watching him in
💥...Witches of Eastwick
Co-staring Cher.. Michele Phifer...
Another outrageous role...
🌿🌿🌿
Don't forget The Shining
great reaction. In the beginning I thought you didn't care much about it, but the very end of the movie with the tribal music was so powerful, it makes it one of the really great movies.
Btw, good catch on realizing Nurse Ratched wasn't actually "evil"--- she was misguided & jaded about what methods would help the patients.
You can see the turnaround in her character at the very end, after surviving the attempt to strangle her--- you can see kindness in her eyes that wasnt present before.
Oh, she's evil. She takes obvious sadistic pleasure in undermining and humiliating the patients she's supposed to be helping.
There is a show on You Tube called "Analyzing Evil" that talks about evil people in history and literature and Nurse Ratched.
Are you being sarcastic lol
@@Opener73 Probably not, some people are just clueless.
i didn’t see her as evil either. strong word. she was highly manipulative but if we look at it through the 1960s lense, she probably genuinely thought she was helping.
i find the evil comments OTT. i also feel if it was a male doctor, nobody would call him evil. it’s literally that she’s a woman that she’s “an evil soulless b7tch” men never say that about other men.
I think Jack Nicholson's GREATEST performance has to be Hal Ashby's 1973 dramedy 'The Last Detail.'
One of the finest, and most undervalued American films of the 70s, without question.
Hear, hear!
@@mrkelso a man of culture!
Nurse Ratched kept them sick. She had no interest in improving their condition. She only wanted control.
The way she tormented and manipulated Billy was twisted.
Martini is Danny devito
Many regard Ratchet as simply a sadist. I would say most. The novel is awesome also but the movie captures it well.
"She gave off this air that she as somehow going to get back at the patients in the worst most evil way, but that really wasn't even her at all"
EXCUSE ME!? DID YOU EVEN WATCH THIS MOVIE!? She got back at everyone, manipulating them with their most sensitive and personal details.
A dedicated nurse that believed in order and structure!?!?!!? ARE YOU F'N KIDDING ME!?!?
I've just watched this, so I'm checking out other reactions.
My reaction was completely different to this one. Ratched made me so angry 😂
i mean… what’s incorrect? she was dedicated to the job, lol. it was clearly her life. and she obviously believed in order and structure too.
i think your hatred for this character has blinded you completely 😂
oh its late and i just saw this ,this one i gotta save for later😉
I could be wrong, but it really seems like ya missed all the nuance between Nurse Ratched and Mack. She was an absolutely manipulative villain, who focused her job on authority, control, guilt, and shame. Mack just wanted these guys to feel some happiness. Nurse Ratched couldn't stand his methods, she felt these men had to be punished, that they had to suffer. Mack just wanted them to live.
i disagree that she believed these men should be punished. she probably thought her methods were helping.
I had a friend who hadn't seen the movie, but did read the book... After we saw it, she said that she liked the movie, but was disappointed that McMurphy and Ratchett were not quite as extreme in the movie. Well, Nicholson was close, but not quite the bearded wildman that he was in the book. Ratchett however, was more domineering, a beast of a woman. Large and overtly a bully, she gets in a real fight with him...like they are evenly matched... She was not impressed with Fletcher, even though she got an Oscar... Of course Fletcher played it differently, being more manipulative in her machinations... She clearly liked being in charge, and when dealt the opportunity to send McMurphy to prison, she declines only to keep him under her thumb, clandestinely to break him. She also did not misspeak when she brings up Billy's mother... Calling her a cunt....is an insult to cunts...
I was really surprised when you recognized Christopher Lloyd, but I think you might have missed the really young Danny DeVito! :)
It wasn’t bad for the patients … when Randal took the bus, all of the patients had a blast!
Nicholson's breakout role.
I wasn't prepared for this movie... thought it'd be more of a comedy and less of a heart wrench of happiness and sadness
nurse ratchet knew she’d get murphy in the end, and she was right. she won the battle by his death but she also lost the war because of it. chief escaped and in that act the rest of the patients gained hope as a respite from oppression at her hand.
Nurse Ratchet is the greatest villain of all time.
not really.
It's stretched the things that they get away with but remember, this was the 1970's, they was so much more lax than now.
You think nurse Ratchet wasn't evil? She completely wanted to punish Mac and took a sadistic pleasure in her power over him and the rest of the patients. She threatened Billy that she would tell his mother about him losing his virginity leading to his suicide. By all accounts, Billy's mother sounds like a piece of work. She is probably why he is so meek and messed up, and nurse Ratchet uses that against him. Naw dude! She is a bad person in this movie.
I've just watched this, so I'm checking out other reactions.
Ratched made me so angry!
For a moment, though, I questioned my interpretation of her after seeing this 😂
Good one
Remember this was supposed to have happened in the early 50’s. Men got away with a lot with younger women. This is one of the greatest movies of all time!
Good reaction. This is one of only three movies to sweep the Oscars by winning Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. The other two films were The Silence of The Lambs and 1934's It Happened One Night.
I don't think I've ever heard of someone having the opinion that Nurse Ratched was well-intentioned. Interesting. Unfortunately, healthcare (especially mental health) has entirely too many Nurse Ratched-types.
This is wonderful and uplifting. Until it really, really, isn't.
It was never uplifting for me
It was incredibly depressing and creepy since the beginning
Was he crazy though? That’s the real question , was he crazy? Or did nurse Ratched make it worse
Great movie
I don’t know if you recognized a young Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd.
Thanks for your statement on therapy. It's helped me immensely. Especially, like you, in dealing with stress.
Psychiatric medicine still falls short for many. Therapy is overrated. The brain is the last frontier.
Fun movie.
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