One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

"(Fletcher's) subdued, accessibly real performance stands up as well as Nicholson’s fireworks."

"I think there are long stretches of a very good film to be found in the midst of Forman's ultimate failure..."

"Nicholson's flamboyance as an actor here is of an especially productive sort. It doesn't submerge the other actors. It seems to illuminate them."

"This slick and entertaining 1975 film... will inevitably disappoint admirers of director Miloš Forman’s earlier work."

"The performances are riveting: Nicholson plays it big but never tips into smirking caricature. The supporting cast is flawless..."

"Nicholson... is just one of the many components that makes this time-honoured work so remarkable."

"(McMurphy's) psychological battle with the steel-cold Nurse Ratched is nerve-shredding to this day; she still towers over the majority of celluloid villains."

"As direct and simple as it is funny and moving, this is a masterpiece of dramatic naturalism."

"Fletcher gives a masterly performance."

"The acting honours are shared by Nicholson with a...meticulously well-chosen supporting cast."