Rating of
4/4
95%
CJP - wrote on 10/21/08
Action: 3/3 + Comedy: 2/2 + Good vs Evil: 1/1 + Love/Sex: 1/1 + Special Effects: 0.5/1 + Plot: 1/1 + Music: 1/1 = 9/10 or 95%.
Take this as the evaluation of psychological and criminal ethics within morality, or realize that it is a harsh evaluation of the everyman class struggle, or both. Common events that any single person or group of people can enjoy are placed under the microscope as the "nutters" attempt to coexist with the normal. In one memorable scene a basketball game is carried out typically until the "nutters" catch on and function within their own rules, which are successful for them but not acceptable by everyday standards. In another they go fishing and return to display their catches proudly from the boat's bow as a crowd of normal people shake their heads and point amongst the waiting police.
Jack Nicholsan embodies the criminal element feared through hostility that can't believe an asylum is more deprecating than prison. When he loses a bet to the "nutters" he proclaims, "But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that."
In a system where even having the television turned on is a hrash, uphill war such a simple phrase may be the most pointed thing one can say.
