Nurse Betty
She's chasing a dream... they're chasing her.
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.
- Director
- Neil LaBute
- Worldwide
- $29M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Nurse Betty returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $24M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $29M
- Release date
- Aug 30, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
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