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Nurse Betty

2000 · 108 min

A darkly funny, offbeat journey that blends shocking violence with dreamy escapism, keeping you both unsettled and charmed.

Tagline
She's chasing a dream... they're chasing her.
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.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • trauma
  • deception
  • grief
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, crime, thriller, drama
Directed by
Neil LaBute
Written by
John C. Richards, James Flamberg
Starring
Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart, Tia Texada, Crispin Glover, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Music
Rolfe Kent
Cinematography
Jean-Yves Escoffier
Runtime
108 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Languages
Spanish, English

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