Nurse Betty (2000) 8/10

Starring : Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear
Director : Neil LaBute
Running Time : 105 mins

When she witnesses the brutal murder of her husband, television obsessed waitress Betty Sizemore (Zellweger) suffers a nervous breakdown which causes her to start having delusions, and she sets out on a journey to find George McCord (Kinnear), an actor who she believes is Dr David Revel, the character he plays in her favourite soap opera. All the while she is being chased by her husband’s killers who are still after the drugs that he stole.

This is an interesting comedy drama, but it’s a little light on the comedy, in spite of an impressive cast. Zellweger is brilliant as Betty Sizemore and her neuroses work brilliantly, and in spite of some loopholes and pacing that ignores important transitions, this is still a wonderfully entertaining little fairy tale.

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