Nurse Betty


A young waitress, fascinated by a television soap opera, slips into a confused state after witnessing her husband's murder. She thinks that the characters on the show are real, and that she was one of them, having a relationship with the leading doctor. So she treks across the country to Los Angeles, to rejoin the show. The two men who killed her husband are after the cocaine in her boot, and follow her...


112 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence) .
Comedy, Thriller

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Daytime soaps are so unreal...
Daytime soaps are so unreal...

Credits

Cast
Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart
Director
Neil LaBute
ScreenplayJohn C. Richards, James Flamberg
MusicRolfe Kent
CinematographyJean-Yves Escoffier
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2000
Produced byAbstrakt Film, Gramercy Pictures, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, Pacifica Film, Propaganda Films, ab'-strakt pictures

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

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Box Office
Wade Major		10
ReelViews
James Berardinelli		15
Total Film
Wendy Ide		15
Film Review
Alan Jones		20

What the People say

Internet
2420 Netizens		14

Average .. 73%

15

Visitor Ratings

Scale (Max)20
Steyn du Toit (19)14

Average .. 70%

14

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Slightly offbeat movie. At times funny, at times very violent, at times romantic comedy. I'm not sure if the makers were trying to cover all the bases or just got confused. The story is presented as ''based on true events'' but seems way too far-fetched for me. Unless, ''only in America''...

Steyn du Toit (19): This is one of those movies that should have the ''Kids, don't try this at home'' warning at the beginning and end. The film shows how it is ''okay'' to create a world of your own and live in it too if reality becomes to much for you too handle. Very funny though, although the violence scenes didn't quite fit in with the whole atmosphere of the movie. Great acting! Probably the performance of a lifetime for Zellweger. Must see.






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