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After two acclaimed independent films in which he took a troubling look at male/female relations, director Neil LaBute moves on to less controversial ground in this dark comedy. Betty Sizemore (Renee Zellweger) is a woman from Kansas City who waits tables at a diner and is married to an insensitive thug named Del (Aaron Eckhart). One of Betty's few pleasures in life is the soap opera A Reason to Love. Her favorite character is handsome Dr. David Ravell, played by George McCord (Greg Kinnear). One night, Del gets involved in a drug deal with a pair of gangsters, Charlie (Morgan Freeman) and his sidekick Wesley (Chris Rock). Del's thoughtless racial slurs lead to an arguement, and the short-tempered Wesley attacks him; Charlie is forced to kill Del, as Betty watches. Dazed and in shock, Betty hops into her car, deciding that the time is right for a date with destiny. Betty tracks down George McCord, and soon the soap's producer Lyla (Allison Janney) is considering Betty for a part on A Reason to Love, not realizing that Betty doesn't want to play Dr. Ravell's nurse and fiance, she wants to be her. Betty, meanwhile, has no idea that the drugs that Del was trying to sell are still in her car, and that Charlie and Wesley are hot on her trail, determined to get the dope and silence her once and for all. Nurse Betty also features Kathleen Wilhoite, Crispin Glover, and Pruitt Taylor Vince. The film was shown in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the prize for Best Screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Renée Zellweger - Betty Sizemore
Morgan Freeman - Charlie
Chris Rock - Wesley
Harriet Sansom Harris - Ellen
Allison Janney - Lyla
Aaron Eckhart - Del
Greg Kinnear - Dr. David Ravell/George McCord

2000	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C (winner)	Golden Globe	Renée Zellweger
2000	Best Screenplay (winner)	Cannes Film Festival	James Flamberg
2000	Best Screenplay (winner)	Cannes Film Festival	Joe Richards

Neil LaBute's Nurse Betty arrives on DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo. Supplemental materials include a pair of commentary tracks featuring the director and various members of the cast and crew, a theatrical trailer, a half dozen promotional shots, deleted scenes, and clips from "A Reason to Love," the fictional soap opera in the film that Betty is obsessed with. DVD-ROM features include access to the film's screenplay. This disc should please fans of the film and may interest those unfamiliar with LaBute's third effort. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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