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08/28/01
Nurse Betty (2000)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:100
Rotten:18
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Nurse Betty's script is delightfully imaginative, while both the direction and ensemble performances are excellent.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Television
US Box Office: $25,010,899
Synopsis: When small town waitress Betty Sizemore (Renée Zellweger) accidentally witnesses the grisly murder of her underhanded car-dealing husband (Aaron Eckhart), she copes with the trauma by retreating... [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear
Director: Neil LaBute
Reviews for Nurse Betty
Top CriticNurse Betty has many very funny scenes -- all those with Freeman and Rock. They dominate the film.
01/01/00
A strong contender for one of the best films of the year.
08/04/03
Although everyone involved is likable, especially Zellweger, the elements don't mesh.
01/01/00
Solid work behind the cameras, outstanding performances in front of them, and a daring and imaginative screenplay loaded with dark conceptual humor and pointed dialogue.
01/01/00
Zwellinger is cantaloupe sweet and as lovable as always, but it's Greg Kinear that snatches this wobbling film up by its bridges.
01/01/00
[LaBute] pulls the farce and the violence and the fantasies together with a deft touch and a sweetness rare in American films -- especially his.
01/01/00
Nurse Betty's two hallmarks are originality and star quality, both of which combine to draw the viewer through the film's occasional rough spots.
01/01/00
While Nurse Betty isn't quite the sum of its such impeccable parts, Zellweger's incredibly earnest, enthusiastic performance ties it all together in a way no other actress could.
01/01/00
Its premise, I'll admit, is a lot to ask moviegoers to swallow. But if you can go along with its tall-tale spirit, you can't help but be amazed at how ingeniously the filmmakers work out the ramifications of Betty's delusion.
01/01/00
You can keep your musically overwrought Mel Gibson bloodletting epics and your developmentally challenged Klumps' latex laughs. On the gore and fun front, we'll take the twisted edge of Nurse Betty. Every time.
01/01/00
This comedy enables us to imagine the surprising ways in which a person can be transformed and set on a new path.
01/01/00
Nurse Betty is a film of extremes, offering both tenderness and viciousness, absurdism and genuine emotion.
01/01/00
Nurse Betty is never going to be confused with Mary Poppins, but as of now, it's LaBute's crowd pleaser.
01/01/00
The compassion and humor in the script makes it one of the year's best.
01/01/00
If you're looking for a dark, funny, sometimes caustic, comedy that is a challenge to the mind ... make tracks to the theater and ask to see Nurse Betty.
01/01/00
Freeman's coldblooded but warm-hearted performance has a nuanced and enigmatic quality that communicates authority and suggests greatness.
01/01/00
Nurse Betty is one of those films where you don't know whether to laugh or cringe, and find yourself doing both.
01/01/00
Top CriticNurse Betty suffers, however, from a script that relies on jaded hit men for comic impact. We've seen it done too many times since...Pulp Fiction.
06/25/04
Apart from a few punchy chuckles, Nurse Betty is the drag end of a wan hipness that lacks juice and focus.
01/01/00
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