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Aaron Eckhart, Allison Janney, Chris Rock, Crispin Glover, Greg Kinnear ...( see more  see more... ) , Morgan Freeman , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Renée Zellweger , Tia Texada

Comedy about a widow's post-traumatic obsession with a soap star.

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36% liked it

31,082 ratings

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85% liked it

118 critics

R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Neil LaBute

Release Date: September 8, 2000

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DVD Release Date: April 3, 2001

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  • May 16, 2008
    really funny dark comedy
  • January 13, 2008
    This film is one of the most difficult to describe on one hand it's a funny and better then average chick flick but on the other hand it has elements of a dark comedy. Although to be honest I didn't care. The film certainly has one of the more creative screenplays, strong acting...( read more) from Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock (Who can get good roles when he tries.) and Greg Kinnear. Why only 3 and a half? Mostly because the film seems too be to dark for light romantic comedies lovers but too light for those who love dark comedies. Overall it's a good not great film but it keeps Neil LaBute from films like the Wicker Man remake so that's good enough for me.
  • July 30, 2007
    didn't work for me.
  • June 14, 2007
    Charlie: People who get the calls are good. Not flashy, good. They get in, they get out, nobody knows a goddamn thing. You understand? Boom, boom, boom. Three in the head, you know they're dead.

    A dark hitman comedy, mixed with a light, delusional adventure quest. Freeman and R...( read more)ock are hilarious as proffesional hit men that travel all over the country to figure out what the hell is up with Renee Zellweger as Betty.

    Betty, who was a waitress obsessed with a soap opera, spends most of the movie mezmorized after a traumatizing event, and she does it well. It's a fun offbeat comedy, mixing lives of hit men and a shell shock vitcim.

    Greg Kennear also stars as the actor staring in the soap opera. When he comes on screen as the actor, Kinnear does what he's good at, being a Greg Kinnear asshole character.

    Betty Sizemore: My friend says if you were any more handsome it would be a crime. It's a shame you're such an asshole.

    Plenty of moments make this a fun movie to watch.

    Betty Sizemore: He also works at Loma Vista.
    Chief Nurse Iris Foster: What is that?
    Betty Sizemore: It's the real pretty area, with the palm trees out front and the mountains in the background.
    Chief Nurse Iris Foster: You have just described all of southern California.
  • December 31, 2006
    Pretty good Flick.
  • December 23, 2009
    wasnt that funny at all.
  • September 29, 2009
    I don't know if I thought it was funny or one of the craziest movies I've seen
  • August 4, 2009
    An odd career choice for usually vicious and sharp witted playwright/indie film maker Neil LaBute. A varied cast sometimes step on top of each other and the later half of the film falls by the wayside, but there are moments of genuine talented movie making here, even if LaBute is...( read more) best left to the unpatroled wilds of independent cinema.
  • July 26, 2009
    Cute dark comedy. Possibly the only positive view of women Neil LaBute has ever shown.
  • July 15, 2009
    Bas oke film. Radnja i nije nesto napeta, bas za opustit se.
    Radnja : 6/10
    Zelweger : 6/10
    Rock/Freeman : 7/10

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Nurse Betty is one of those films where you don't know whether to laugh or cringe, and find yourself doing both. full review

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