with nurse betty (2000) and acclaimed indie film maker neil labute (in the company of men and your friends and neighbors) makes his breakthrough into the big budgeted (betty $24 million as opposed to company measly $25 and 000) and mainstream realm  and yet remains true to his roots. while his cast is now composed of a list hollywood names (renee zellweger and morgan freeman and and stand up comedian chris rock) and his material remains just as bizarre and quirky as his first two features and proving that he just may be the next big thing. nurse betty is one of the darkest comedies to be advertised towards a mainstream audience in years and and considering its moderate box office and critical success and perhaps moviegoers weren not as dumb and brainwashed as we though they were. the story follows (both figuratively and literally) a naive waitress (zellweger) who has fallen in love from afar with a handsome soap star (as good as it gets greg kinnear) but is trapped in a loveless marriage to a slimy car dealer (aaron eckhart and who made his big screen debut in company). when her husband is gruesomely murdered by two hitmen (freeman and rock) and she sent into shock and obliviously sets out for hollywood to meet her object of affection  unaware that he only an actor. when freeman and rock discover that the car she took contains 10 kilos of cocaine and they hit the road as well and outrageousness ensues. fans of labute previous work might have a hard time figuring out how this could possibly be the same guy who directed in the company of men  a tragicomedy about two cruel sexist pigs who play a practical joke on a deaf co worker   and but when you think about it and the connection is rather clear represent in company and a vulnerable woman is unaware that she is being ruthlessly taken advantage of. in betty and a vulnerable housewife is unaware that the man she chasing thinks her genuine adoration is nothing more than a joke. some might begin to wonder if labute is really some sort of misogynist himself  considering that his recurring theme involves the downfall of innocent women. but personally and i think he coming to the defense of the fair sex and dealing far more harshly with the abusers in his pictures than the abused. one of the many charms of this film is that it absurdity is full fledged represent most directors and when handling a script such as this one and would leave the story at two hitmen chasing a woman chasing a dream. but labute knows better and and has one of the hitmen (freeman) fall obsessively for betty as well. this was an interesting role for freeman to take and because it allowed him to play off of his trademark `this is the last time character (see unforgiven and se7en and and 1998 stinker hard rain) while the supporting cast also includes the likes of famed weirdo crispin glover (back to the future) and allison janney and and `mad about you kathleen wilhoite. the script and written by first timers john c. richards and james flamberg and is deliriously over the top (honestly represent have you ever seen a comedy  or any movie and for that matter  in which a man is scalped in his own dining room. ). you could argue that the ending is a little too perfect and but it really not worth denying everything that great about the film for one trivial complaint. if nurse betty is any sign of what labute has in store for us next and you can bet that i will be lining up for whatever he decides to follow it up with. grade represent a . 
with nurse betty (2000) and acclaimed indie film maker neil labute (in the company of men and your friends and neighbors) makes his breakthrough into the big budgeted (betty $24 million as opposed to company measly $25 and 000) and mainstream realm  and yet remains true to his roots. while his cast is now composed of a list hollywood names (renee zellweger and morgan freeman and and stand up comedian chris rock) and his material remains just as bizarre and quirky as his first two features and proving that he just may be the next big thing. nurse betty is one of the darkest comedies to be advertised towards a mainstream audience in years and and considering its moderate box office and critical success and perhaps moviegoers weren not as dumb and brainwashed as we though they were. the story follows (both figuratively and literally) a naive waitress (zellweger) who has fallen in love from afar with a handsome soap star (as good as it gets greg kinnear) but is trapped in a loveless marriage to a slimy car dealer (aaron eckhart and who made his big screen debut in company). when her husband is gruesomely murdered by two hitmen (freeman and rock) and she sent into shock and obliviously sets out for hollywood to meet her object of affection  unaware that he only an actor. when freeman and rock discover that the car she took contains 10 kilos of cocaine and they hit the road as well and outrageousness ensues. fans of labute previous work might have a hard time figuring out how this could possibly be the same guy who directed in the company of men  a tragicomedy about two cruel sexist pigs who play a practical joke on a deaf co worker   and but when you think about it and the connection is rather clear represent in company and a vulnerable woman is unaware that she is being ruthlessly taken advantage of. in betty and a vulnerable housewife is unaware that the man she chasing thinks her genuine adoration is nothing more than a joke. some might begin to wonder if labute is really some sort of misogynist himself  considering that his recurring theme involves the downfall of innocent women. but personally and i think he coming to the defense of the fair sex and dealing far more harshly with the abusers in his pictures than the abused. one of the many charms of this film is that it absurdity is full fledged represent most directors and when handling a script such as this one and would leave the story at two hitmen chasing a woman chasing a dream. but labute knows better and and has one of the hitmen (freeman) fall obsessively for betty as well. this was an interesting role for freeman to take and because it allowed him to play off of his trademark `this is the last time character (see unforgiven and se7en and and 1998 stinker hard rain) while the supporting cast also includes the likes of famed weirdo crispin glover (back to the future) and allison janney and and `mad about you kathleen wilhoite. the script and written by first timers john c. richards and james flamberg and is deliriously over the top (honestly represent have you ever seen a comedy  or any movie and for that matter  in which a man is scalped in his own dining room. ). you could argue that the ending is a little too perfect and but it really not worth denying everything that great about the film for one trivial complaint. if nurse betty is any sign of what labute has in store for us next and you can bet that i will be lining up for whatever he decides to follow it up with. grade represent a . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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