One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Written in 2011 by Ryan O'Rourke

I remember, when I was 8 or 9 years old, my Dad telling me what a fantastic film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was. We watched it together sometime shortly after that. I hated it. But to be fair, I was 9 years old. Not really a movie for a 9 year old. I recall thinking that my Dad and I must be very different people (“How could he LOVE that?!”).

Well, I’m 26 now and it’s easily my all-time favorite film. It is truly a masterpiece on every level. The characters and the story just suck you in and it’s totally rewatchable, which is probably the most rare cinema quality of all. One of only two films to ever win the Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture (not to mention Best Screenplay), the other was “It Happened One Night”. Was also filmed sequentially, which is, like, unheard of on modern film productions.

Just interesting for me that even 8 years removed from interacting with my parents on the day-to-day… I’m still turning out like my father.