Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as a small town, Kansas housewife-waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite television soap opera character, while in a fugue state. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock play the hitmen who killed her husband and subsequently pursue her to Los Angeles. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. For her performance, Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The film was also a commercial success.
| Director | Neil LaBute |
| Produced by | Steve Golin, Gail Mutrux |
| Writer(s) | John C. Richards, James Flamberg |
| Starring | Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart, Crispin Glover, Pruitt Taylor Vince |
| Music | Rolfe Kent |
| Cinematography | Jean-Yves Escoffier |
| Edited by | Joel Plotch, Steven Weisberg |
| Production, company | Gramercy Pictures, Intermedia, Pacifica Film, Propaganda Films, ab'-strakt pictures |
| Distributed by | USA Films |
| Released | May 11, 2000 (Cannes), September 08, 2000 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $29.4 million |
| Netflix ID | 60002844 |
About Nurse Betty
Black comedy film about a small town housewife-waitress who suffers a breakdown after witnessing her husband's murder. In a fugue state, she starts obsessively pursuing her favorite soap opera character.
Achievement of Nurse Betty
The film won the 2000 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. Renée Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
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Latest information about Nurse Betty updated on July 28 2021.
