---
title: 'Nurse Betty (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Neil LaBute'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nurse-betty-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171580/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nurse Betty (2000)

2000 · 110 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as the title character, a small town, Kansas waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite television soap opera character, while in a fugue state. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock play the hitmen who killed her husband and subsequently pursue her to Los Angeles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Neil LaBute](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-labute)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rolfe Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-kent)
- **Producer:** [Gail Mutrux](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-mutrux), [Steve Golin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-golin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-Yves Escoffier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-yves-escoffier)
- **Editor:** [Steven Weisberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-weisberg), [Joel Plotch](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-plotch)

## Cast

- [Alfonso Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-freeman)
- [Renée Zellweger](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-zellweger)
- [Steven Franken](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-franken)
- [Stacy Haiduk](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-haiduk)
- [Sung-Hi Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/sung-hi-lee)
- [Harriet Sansom Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/harriet-sansom-harris)
- [Christopher McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-mcdonald)
- [Jenny Wade](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-wade)
- [Crispin Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/crispin-glover)
- [Aaron Eckhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-eckhart)
- [Chris Rock](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-rock)
- [Steven Culp](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-culp)
- [Pruitt Taylor Vince](https://cinepixo.com/people/pruitt-taylor-vince)
- [Sheila Kelley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-kelley)
- [Kevin Rahm](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-rahm)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/nurse-betty-2000
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