6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Nurse Betty (2000)
Nurse Betty (2000)
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
6.9
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film primarily explores apolitical themes of identity, trauma, and the blurring of reality and fiction, with its central conflict and solution focusing on individual psychological transformation rather than societal or political issues.
The movie features visible diversity in its cast with prominent minority actors in key roles, though these are original characters rather than explicit race or gender swaps. The narrative does not present an explicit critique of traditional identities, with character portrayals driven by individual actions rather than broader identity themes.
Secondary
The film features a gay/bisexual hitman character, Wesley, whose unrequited affection for his partner is a notable character trait. While his feelings are met with discomfort by his partner, the portrayal avoids strong positive or negative arcs, presenting his identity as incidental to the main plot but integral to his character's complexity.
Nurse Betty does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on a delusional waitress and two hitmen, with no narrative elements related to transgender identities or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Nurse Betty is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments from which character genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
Nurse Betty is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations. All characters were created for this specific movie, thus precluding any race swaps from established canon.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.1
Critic Ratings
8.3
6.9
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