Reviewing the classics: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One flew over the cuckoo's nest is a classic in its time, 1975, and even today. The movie takes on some tough social norms through the lives of the mental patients. All of the patients have their own reasons for being there but it's not until McMurphy, played by Jack Nicholoson, comes to help them become "men." Nurse Ratched imposes her ways of "curing" them but not till McMurphy do the patients have any break-through with getting better. "I was present at its world premiere, at the 1975 Chicago Film Festival, in the 3,000-seat Uptown Theatre, and have never heard a more tumultuous reception for a film (no, not even during "E.T." at Cannes). After the screening, the young first-time co-producer, Micheal Douglas, wandered the lobby in a daze", as said by reviewer Roger Ebert many years after the movie first premiered. This is a classic that should be seen by everyone at least once.