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Actors: Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Nurse Betty |
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In this dark comedy a woman witnesses her husband getting killed by two criminals. She becomes so traumatized that she falls in love with a soap opera character she thinks is real. She heads to L.A. with her husband's truck. Inside the truck is a bunch of money. The killers then chase after her, because they want the money. She meets the actor of the soap opera, but doesn't realize his character isn't real, during the same time the criminals are following her.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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In this semi-black comedy, an oppressed homemaker and part-time waitress is pushed over the edge into a post-traumatic-stressful romantic obsession with her favorite soap opera star after the violent murder of her husband before her eyes. She makes her way from Kansas City to LA to find her beloved, with the killers (stately Morgan Freeman and jumpy Chris Rock) in pursuit because the drugs they killed her husband for are in the trunk of her car. Zellweger is sexy, sweet, and odd, Greg Kinnear okay as the actor who plays her "physician"/love object. Writer-director Neil LaBute went somewhat mainstream with this 2000 release, which is less savage and rewarding than his 1997 debut, "In the Company of Men."
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Nurse Betty |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminal becomes sensitive
- criminal falls in love with victim
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
Lover is...
- of a different social class
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Coping with loss of
- Husband/boyfriend/squeeze
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- waitor/waitress
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Midwest
- California
Desert?
Yes
Prairie?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
- A lot of foul language
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