Nurse Betty (2000)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Super 35 110m
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart
Synopsis:
When the dishonest husband of a cafeteria waitress is eliminated by dishonoured parties, she regresses into the world of her favourite hospital soap and sets off for Los Angeles to cement relations with the actor she presumes to be the handsome Dr Ravell.
Review:
A film which gets away with a lot by virtue of its sheer absurdity, including a couple of genuinely gruesome scenes, and which marked a change of tone for its hitherto misanthropic director. The cynicism is still there, but clearly on the side of the naïve Betty and her cultured hitman nemesis. Fresh, funny and offbeat.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Super 35 110m
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart
Synopsis:
When the dishonest husband of a cafeteria waitress is eliminated by dishonoured parties, she regresses into the world of her favourite hospital soap and sets off for Los Angeles to cement relations with the actor she presumes to be the handsome Dr Ravell.
Review:
A film which gets away with a lot by virtue of its sheer absurdity, including a couple of genuinely gruesome scenes, and which marked a change of tone for its hitherto misanthropic director. The cynicism is still there, but clearly on the side of the naïve Betty and her cultured hitman nemesis. Fresh, funny and offbeat.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Super 35 110m
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart
Synopsis:
When the dishonest husband of a cafeteria waitress is eliminated by dishonoured parties, she regresses into the world of her favourite hospital soap and sets off for Los Angeles to cement relations with the actor she presumes to be the handsome Dr Ravell.
Review:
A film which gets away with a lot by virtue of its sheer absurdity, including a couple of genuinely gruesome scenes, and which marked a change of tone for its hitherto misanthropic director. The cynicism is still there, but clearly on the side of the naïve Betty and her cultured hitman nemesis. Fresh, funny and offbeat.