She heads for LA to find her lost love, not knowing the stolen drugs are in her trunk. You wind up getting a rough film but one with a lot of laughs. Freeman draws laughs through a sudden infatuation with her, while Rock is violent and excessive. Nurse Betty was written by John C. Richards. To escape from her awful husband and the problems in her miserable life, she has become a very dedicated fan of a soap opera. 1 out of 1 found this helpful. Allison Janney, Kathleen Whilhoite, and Crispin Glover offer effective support as well in this delightful comedy that is warm, witty, smart, and heartbreaking. Nurse Betty is really an interesting movie. Well, maybe not everyone if familiar with that guy. | Rating: 3.5/4 Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! When she finally does snapped back into reality, the film makes some interesting implications especially with Betty. "Nurse Betty" is an original and clever movie that has humor and a darker side. It leaves her unhinged, believing that Kinnear is really the character he plays, Dr. David Ravell, and that she is his RN ex-fiancée. The winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, this film is a darkly comic story about one woman's incredible determination to make her dreams come true against numerous odds. This comedy has a few violent scenes. Even the scalping scene, apparently appalling for so many people, is not that graphic and is very short. One evening, while watching her tape of today's episode, Betty witnesses the brutal murder of her slimy, drug-dealer husband (Aaron Eckhart)by a pair of ruthless hit men (Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock). “When I first saw Nurse Jackie, I thought it was brilliant.

This incident causes a microchip in Betty's mind to blow and she packs her bags and decides to drive to Los Angeles to find Dr. David Ravelle, her favorite character on the soap, with the hit men hot on her trail, who have to take out the only witness to their crime. How much more can we escalate? RT Comic-Con Ketchup This is a strange film but that's somewhat normal when the category is "dark comedy," a la Fargo and numerous others of this genre.

Bizarre portrait of reality and fantasy collision. There's much to enjoy here if you like movies because of the actors. What hit men do ain't pretty. Was this review helpful? Was this review helpful? Yet, it manages to stand as an adventurous comedy that is uplifting and brings a smile. Freeman is charming as a surprisingly sensitive hit man and Rock, as always, steals every scene he is in as Freeman's explosive young partner. What is the film? Was this review helpful? Who knew that the guy had it in him. This excellent film is another reminder for us to look under the surface of things.

| Neil LaBute's "Nurse Betty" is a remarkable film. Was this review helpful?

This is easily Ms. Zellweger's finest work. Despite cringing at many of Betty's deluded interactions with the residents of her final destination and the director's seeming lack of faith in the believability of many of the scenes, Nurse Betty still turns out to be entertaining. Showtime's dramedy Nurse Jackie begins its final season Sunday.

UH-UH! Was this review helpful? Her adulterous trash of a husband is scalped. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Cinemark I'm personally relieved that this is not a cute comedy with 'widdle cuddwly' hit men who are really not so bad because after all, their violence is bloodless: we can overlook what they do.

The man of her dreams is a character from a soap opera...she travels half the country just to be with him. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock are excellent as her husband's killers out to find drugs hidden in the trunk of her car, unknown to her. A lot of the film takes place on the road giving us glimpses of the beautiful American landscape and an adventurous feel. Like Jonathan Demme's minor masterpiece, SOMETHING WILD, we are taken out of a safe little world (Kansas, literally) to another dimension. Was this review helpful? It's an incredibly sly, biting and extremely heartfelt picture with a dynamite Renee Zellweger at it's center. By creating an account, you agree to the 5 out of 7 found this helpful. 1 out of 1 found this helpful. | Aaron Eckhart plays Betty's husband who gets in too deep with our two assassins. Lots of good laughs laced with nastiness. 15 out of 19 found this helpful. Of three, Nurse Betty is the best - deliciously multi-layered, full of twists and turns, making fun of the TV obsessions and turning upside- down many genres. ", "a black comedy? Direction by Neil Labute.

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