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Nurse Betty
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock
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| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
USA Films |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Bring her along, it's cute.
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| Date Movie: |
Very adult, leave them at home.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nothing gratuitous.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
A scalping. When do you ever get that?
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| Action: |
Nah.
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| Laughs: |
Lots of chuckles but no gut-busters.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
Charlie (Morgan Freeman) by the Grand Canyon.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Wesley (Chris Rock): I will shoot that bitch
like she scratched my car.
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| Directed By: |
Neil LaBute
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| Produced By: |
Gail Mutrux
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Nurse Betty
A Movie Review |
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I can’t say I was overly excited to see "Nurse
Betty." I mean it did have Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman,
and Chris Rock, and there was a good buzz about the film,
but the buzz was coming from critics who enjoy an artsy
comedy rather than an "every-man" comedy. With that I was a
little hesitant. Not that I can’t appreciate an artsy
comedy, they just usually aren’t my cup of tea. All I
can sort of say in the end is "Nurse Betty" is a cute movie
with an artsy feel, and, oh yea, Renee Zellweger has now
replaced Jennifer Aniston on the "She’s just nice"
scale.
"Nurse Betty" tells the story of Betty, a smallish town
waitress who is totally sweet, and you know what that means
– she’s married to an asshole. She always wanted
to be a nurse, but the closest she gets now is watching her
favorite soap opera and wishing she was the good "I’m
not a doctor I just play one on TV" doctor’s
girlfriend. She stays at home one night when she is supposed
to go out, hiding away in the den to no one’s
knowledge, when her hubby, Del (played scummingly by Aaron
Eckhart) brings by a couple of dudes, Charlie (Morgan
Freeman) and Wesley (Chris Rock), who Del thinks are just in
town to check out a car. Bad thing for Del, though, they are
hit-men and Del’s the target because Del stole some
stuff from their client. Well, the interrogation goes badly
and Del ends up scalped and shot to death, witnessed by
Betty, sending her into an "out of her mind" kind of state
in which she now believes she was the fiancé of the
make-believe soap opera doc, and she sets out on the road to
LA to find him and get back together. Now, I’m not
talking she thinks she is the chick for the actor, but her
reality is now blurred thinking the soap opera is reality,
that the doctor is a real dude, and that she is meant to be
his.
So Betty ends up in LA, in her whigged-out state,
searching for her man, getting befriended by Rosa because
our now Nurse Betty somehow saves her friend's life, and
Rosa helps her find Dr. David (Greg Kinnear) who is really
George McCord. Rosa feels duped believing Betty’s story
and arranges for Betty to meet George, figuring Betty will
finally snap back into reality, but George plays along as
Dr. David thinking Betty is trying to get a role on the soap
opera. All the while we’ve got Charlie and Wesley
trying to track down Betty to kill her.
You know what, my head's starting to spin with that
explanation, and maybe yours is too. So I’m going to
leave the story explanation at that. Let’s wrap things
up like this: "Nurse Betty" is cute, much to the credit of
Renee Zellweger and Morgan Freeman, and keeps an edge much
to the credit of Chris Rock. Wesley ends up being the
dickhead hit-man while Charlie grows a soft spot for Betty,
knowing she really can’t be a thief or really love the
doctor on the soap. So you get some weird touching moments
being snapped back into reality by Chris Rock, which was
cool.
I have to say I recommend "Nurse Betty," but just expect
an enjoyable movie and not a blatant gut-buster. There were
plenty of chuckles and some quality violence (I never
understood the scalping idea the Indians had, but now I
understand). Renee was great, Morgan was great, and Chris
Rock just keeps on getting better. It’s 4 stars out of
5. Thinking about it, I liked the movie more than I thought
I did.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the
Right!! L8R!!! |
