Nurse Betty is never going to be confused with Mary Poppins, but as of now, it's LaBute's crowd pleaser.
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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
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
Nurse Betty is what Fargo might have been if it wasn't very good.
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Here, [LaBute] shows he's an actual filmmaker, one capable of establishing pacing and constructing something that doesn't look like a filmed stage play.
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Odd, but effective and engaging.
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Although everyone involved is likable, especially Zellweger, the elements don't mesh.
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Literate, witty, original.
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This oddly cheerful, decreasingly dark comedy actually works and can boast some of the most enjoyable performances of the year.
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Nurse Betty has the best ensemble cast and the most clever script so far this year.
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Very funny. Very unique. Much needed after the crap I've seen this summer.
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A masquerade that doesn’t work.
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Top Critic[The actors'] nimble comic timing is hampered by truly ugly, amateurish production work.
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The compassion and humor in the script makes it one of the year's best.
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The movie would be difficult to imagine without Zellweger, who can show exultation and heartbreak without exaggerating either.
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In many ways, the script is the genuine star of this movie.
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As with all good uses of enchantment, Nurse Betty deposits us, in the end, back where we started -- but different, changed, with new ways of looking.
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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.
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The comedy and drama simply don't jive and the end result is sheer and utter idiocy.
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Uncomfortable hodgepodge of poignant fantasy, showbiz satire and crime thriller.
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