Fresh
The actors hold the movie together, particularly Ms. Zellweger and Mr. Freeman, whose characters achieve a remarkable intimacy in a most unlikely situation.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Nurse Betty
She's chasing a dream... they're chasing her.
2000 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Neil LaBute
Overview
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
Director and cast
- Neil LaBute Director
- Renée Zellweger as Betty Sizemore
- Morgan Freeman as Charlie
- Chris Rock as Wesley
- Greg Kinnear as Dr. David Ravell/George McCord
- Aaron Eckhart as Del Sizemore
- Tia Texada as Rosa Hernandez
- Crispin Glover as Roy Ostery
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Ballard
- Allison Janney as Lyla Branch
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Sue Ann Rogers
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In his third, most accomplished film, LaBute puts aside the inquiry of misogyny that dominated his previous work and immerses himself in a lighter romantic fable about the collision of fantasy and reality, with a terrific performance from Renee Zelwegger
Emanuel Levy, Variety
Rotten
Almost every emotion and action on view is presented as false, idiotic or superficial.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
LaBute didn't write Nurse Betty, but his fierce comic touch is, luckily, all over this movie.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Although everyone involved is likable, especially Zellweger, the elements don't mesh.
John Anderson, Newsday
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