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One flew over the Cuckoos nest could be described as a psychological drama about 8 men who are institutionalized for their mental problems. Some were there by choice, some had no choice, but it was often hard to tell exactly why they would want to stay. I thought many of the men were fit to leave as they wanted, in fact almost all of them could. When McMurphy brought them into the open world the first …

…decisions. I thought this film touched on a lot of important points about the mentally disabled as well as ethical problems within any sort of institution. I also decided that it is really hard to determine whether someone is crazy, or faking it or just has other problems. I’ve decided that McMurphy was not crazy nor was he dangerous. He was probably normal until he was forced into situations that did not suit him.