Review – Nurse Betty

Renee Zellweger and Morgan Freeman head the talented cast of this odd little comedy about a woman who gets lost in a post traumatic stress fantasy world. After seeing her husband murdered by a couple of hit men (Freeman and Chris Rock), Betty (Zellweger) overcomes her shock by retreating into an imaginary life in which she is romantically involved with the male lead in her favorite soap opera. The plot divides up between our protagonist’s quest for the imaginary doctor of her dreams and the hit men’s quest for the drugs in the trunk of the car Betty drives from Kansas to Los Angeles. Though the movie is occasionally overcome by its own quirky and slightly too sentimental nature (especially toward the end), most of the jokes work well and the characters are easy to like. This is unlikely to be a big award winner, but it’s entertaining enough for a Sunday evening dead dog movie. Mildly amusing