Nurse Betty
She's chasing a dream... they're chasing her.
2000 | 108m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Neil LaBute |
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| Writer: | John C. Richards, James Flamberg |
| Staring: |
| What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 30, 2000 |
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| Director: | Neil LaBute |
| Writer: | John C. Richards, James Flamberg |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | bartender, native american, writer, used car dealer, nurse uniform, tv production, heart specialist, anxious, fugue state, hilarious |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Gramercy Pictures, Propaganda Films, USA Films, IMF, ab'-strakt Pictures, Pacifica Film Distribution |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $29,364,989
Budget: $24,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Tim Gilbert | Stunts |
| Joel Plotch | Editor |
| Neil LaBute | Director |
| Michael A. Chavez | Camera Operator |
| Robin Bursey | Camera Loader |
| Larry J. White II | Leadman |
| Bruce Birmelin | Still Photographer |
| Larz Anderson | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Jennifer Dozier | Costumer |
| Sharon Ilson | Makeup Artist |
| Andre Blaise | Key Hair Stylist |
| Scott Julion | Hairstylist |
| Paul Threlkeld | Dolly Grip |
| Antonio Molina | Transportation Coordinator |
| Wade Bartlett | Assistant Editor |
| Lance Brown | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer |
| Bernard Weiser | Sound Editor |
| Shawn Egan | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Shawn Kennelly | ADR Mixer, Foley Mixer |
| Sean Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Chris David | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Nick South | Music Editor, Editor |
| Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| John C. Richards | Screenplay, Story |
| Rolfe Kent | Original Music Composer |
| James Flamberg | Screenplay |
| Gary Diamond | Art Direction |
| Henry Alberti | Set Designer |
| Brett Greenstein | Casting Assistant |
| Frankie Pine | Music Supervisor |
| Karen Ruth Getchell | Production Coordinator |
| Steven Weisberg | Editor |
| Charles William Breen | Production Design |
| Lynette Meyer | Costume Design |
| Steven Kaminsky | Post Production Supervisor |
| Leah Buono | Casting Assistant |
| John Panzarella | Location Manager |
| Alexa Alden | Script Supervisor |
| Susan J. Hellmann | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Cassidy | Second Assistant Camera |
| Phil Hardage | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Melissa Mollo | Graphic Designer |
| Thomas Cunliffe | Boom Operator |
| Mynka Draper | Costumer |
| Michael Hancock | Makeup Artist |
| Jorge H. Guzman | Key Grip |
| Richard Puga | Standby Painter |
| Becky Sullivan | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Steve Mann | Sound Editor |
| Donald L. Warner Jr. | Sound Editor |
| Tim Tuchrello | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Eric Thompson | ADR Mixer, Foley Mixer |
| Joan Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Chris Staszak | ADR Recordist |
| Eddie Bydalek | Sound Recordist |
| William T. Stromberg | Conductor |
| Dean Lyras | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Jeffrey Kushon | Set Decoration |
| Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco | Production Manager |
| Stan Tropp | Set Designer |
| Enrico Latella | Location Manager |
| Albert M. Shapiro | First Assistant Director |
| Todd McMullen | First Assistant Camera |
| Nour Dardari | Production Accountant |
| Tracy Farrington | Property Master |
| Felipe Borrero | Sound Mixer |
| Shari Gray | Costume Supervisor |
| Desne J. Holland | Key Makeup Artist |
| Lisa Deveaux | Makeup Artist |
| Deena Adair | Hairstylist |
| Michael Bauman | Gaffer |
| Martin Bosworth | Rigging Gaffer |
| Eric L. Roberts | Video Assist Operator |
| Richard E. Yawn | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Bob Beher | Foley Supervisor |
| Robert Troy | Sound Editor |
| Aaron D. Weisblatt | Sound Editor |
| Thor Benitez | ADR Recordist |
| Tony Blondal | Orchestrator |
| Philip Steuer | Second Unit Director |
| Dan Valliere | Color Timer |
| Simone Boisseree | Stunts |
| Monika Mikkelsen | Casting |
| Jean-Yves Escoffier | Director of Photography |
| Heidi Levitt | Casting |
| Tim Clawson | Unit Production Manager |
| Jack Gill | Stunts |
| Kevin Scott | Stunts |
| Scott Workman | Stunts |
| Charlie Brewer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Colleen Callaghan | Hairstylist |
| Randy Trager | Assistant Editor |
| Steven F. Nelson | Sound Editor |
| David A. Armstrong | First Assistant Camera |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Steve Golin | Producer |
| Moritz Borman | Executive Producer |
| Gail Mutrux | Producer |
| W. Mark McNair | Associate Producer |
| Albert M. Shapiro | Associate Producer |
| Stephen Pevner | Executive Producer |
| Philip Steuer | Executive Producer |
| Chris Sievernich | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Renée Zellweger | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Renée Zellweger | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Morgan Freeman | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 7 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 2 | 528 | 732 |
**_Oddball dramedy about two people in love with their unreal fantasies_** A small town waitress in Kansas (Renée Zellweger) is married to a jerk car salesman, but enjoys a soap opera in which she fantasies about the hero-doctor on the show (Greg Kinnear). Meanwhile a criminal duo (Morgan Freeman ... and Chris Rock) chases the woman to Los Angeles whereupon the leader seems to develop a thing for her. "Nurse Betty" (2000) is part dramedy, part road movie, part crime drama, part romcom and part black comedy. While it's rarely laugh-out loud, it's pretty consistently amusing. What throws it off is that it's such an eccentric mixture viewers don't know how to take it, especially with a fairly radical scalping sequence (and I don't mean scalping tickets). It helps, though, when you grasp that the movie's about Betty and Charlie and their romantic idealism of people they've never met. At the end of the day this is an offbeat Tarantino-esque flick that's half-good and half-meh. The "meh" reaction is mostly due to its curiosities. Thankfully, it has depth and plays better on repeat viewings. The movie runs about one hour, 50 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles; Durango, Colorado; Grand Canyon, Arizona; and Rome, Italy (closing scene). GRADE: B-/C+