Ranked: Top Ten Louise Fletcher Movies (According to Rotten Tomatoes And…Quentin Tarantino?!)
Remembering Nurse Ratched through the words of her strongest critics (Tarantino almost gets the last word)
Get ready for so many “WTF she was in that?!” experiences, you may need to call your own therapist. And if you need something to read while you wait for your appointment, Quentin Tarantino’s review reveals the key difference between the book and movie versions of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
“Let me be the judge of whether you’re a whacko.”
Nurse Ratched is such an iconic performance that I swore Louise Fletcher said those words in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. And yet when I remembered those words, I didn’t feel the menace of a mental institution that would never let me go. I felt the well-intentioned concern of a woman who just didn’t know what else to do.
Was I really remembering the right movie?
You know, Stephenie, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this
Apologists reading this would say obviously it’s the right movie. They’d point to the almost too-subtle moments of softness…
