Film

Nurse Betty

2000 · 1h 48m · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

She's chasing a dream... they're chasing her.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Metacritic

69

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.

Morgan Freeman

Charlie

Renée Zellweger

Betty

Chris Rock

Wesley

Greg Kinnear

Dr. David Ravell

Aaron Eckhart

Del

Tia Texada

Rosa

Crispin Glover

Roy

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Ballard

Allison Janney

Lyla

Kathleen Wilhoite

Sue Ann

Elizabeth Mitchell

Chloe

Susan Barnes

Darlene

Harriet Sansom Harris

Ellen

Sung-Hi Lee

Jasmine

Laird Macintosh

Dr. Lonnie Walsh

Steven Gilborn

Blake

• Neil LaButeDirector
• John C. RichardsScreenplay · Story
• James FlambergScreenplay
• Steve GolinProducer
• Gail MutruxProducer
• Moritz BormanExecutive Producer
• Stephen PevnerExecutive Producer
• Chris SievernichExecutive Producer
• Philip SteuerExecutive Producer
• Jean-Yves EscoffierDirector of Photography

UK Re-Release Trailer

Release date

August 30, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Budget

$24,000,000

Revenue

$29,364,989

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Drama

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