Nurse Betty

Aug 30, 2000

1h 48m

★ 6.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

IMF

Gramercy Pictures

Propaganda Films

ab'-strakt Pictures

Universal Pictures

USA Films

Pacifica Film Distribution

Nurse Betty Trailers

Cast

Charlie

Morgan Freeman

Betty

Renée Zellweger

Wesley

Chris Rock

Dr. David Ravell

Greg Kinnear

Del

Aaron Eckhart

Rosa

Tia Texada

Roy

Crispin Glover

Ballard

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Lyla

Allison Janney

Sue Ann

Kathleen Wilhoite

Chloe

Elizabeth Mitchell

Darlene

Susan Barnes

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