Jack Nicholson!!! best potrayal of an almost nutter ever. The acting and directing are unparalled in my opinion and I've never hated anyone (real or fictional) like nurse ratched - what a blinkered, narrow minded, institutionalised ***. Hats off to Louise Fletcher for managing to play such a cold role. I'm surprised that it only achieves number 20 in the AFI top 100. Having said that, those yankee half-wits have Pulp Fiction at 95, with Clockwok Orange at 46. Go figure. Clockwork Orange - a film that screams "Look at me I'm so desperate to be different that I forgot o be entertaining at all." What a load of absolute **** that film is - Should have been banned for being so utterly pathetic!!!
I must admit to being a huge Nicholson fan - not to say I've seen (or want to) everything he's done but 3 characters that stand out above all others are R.P. McMurphy, The Joker, Darrell Van Horn - he even made a film with Cher in not only bearable but downight hilarious - more so than Cher's acting. Not forgetting his roles in As Good As It Gets and A Few Good Men. Given the chance I would have Nicholson on at least once a day - looking forward to the kids going to school and moving out so I can get a look in.