Nurse Betty (2000)

Directed by

Neil LaBute

Genre

drama film, comedy film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 433 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Kansas waitress has a mental break after witnessing her husband's murder. She becomes convinced she is a character from her favorite soap opera and travels to Los Angeles. Two hitmen chase her across the country.

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What happens

Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as the title character, a small town, Kansas waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite television soap opera character (Greg Kinnear), while in a fugue state. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock play the hitmen who killed her husband and subsequently pursue her to Los Angeles. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2000. The film was released on September 8, 2000 by USA Films in the United States, with Summit Entertainment releasing in other territories. The film won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. For her performance, Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The film was also a commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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