One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Comparison of Movie and Book Film versions of novels don't usually give viewers a real sense of what the novel was about. Often important details of the novel are left out when it comes time to make the film. This was the case of the literary adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. The film was successful in entertaining its viewers, it had a little bit of everything. It provided comedy, drama and a superb plot. McMurphy's arrival changed the whole mood of the movie. Before his arrival all you saw were the sick patients and the dispirit