Capturing the Killer Nurse
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- The Good Nurse is hobbled by stilted dialogue and unrealistic story elements, but those issues are offset by strong work from a pair of talented leads. Read Critics Reviews Although it's definitely entertaining, The Good Nurse is also an example of how a terrific cast and incredible story can often add up to less than the sum of their parts.
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Oct 26, 2022 · At first, Charles seems like a lifesaver, a colleague who knows Amy’s secret, and wants to be there to help. Amy has no idea that the hospital, led by an icy Kim Dickens as its callous representative, has alerted the local authorities to a concerning situation involving the inexplicable death of one of Amy’s patients.
Oct 19, 2022 · Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth in this gripping thriller based on true events.
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Oct 20, 2022 · The Good Nurse review – Jessica Chastain is out to catch Eddie Redmayne’s serial killer. Based on the real-life story of a nurse who apparently killed hundreds of patients, this is a creepily...
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By Ryan Leston
Posted: Oct 14, 2022 2:30 pm
The Good Nurse debuts in select theaters on Oct. 19, and streams on Netflix on Oct. 26.
Based on a true story, The Good Nurse exposes the hypocrisy and self-interest embedded in a healthcare system that’s all about profit. A political thriller as much as a criminal one, it digs into the reckless abandon shown by hospitals when it comes to patient care… and how a cold-blooded killer can use that to their advantage.
Although Cullen is the focus of intrigue, Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain) embodies the horrific failures of the healthcare system with the quiet discomfort of a woman who’s doing her best. She’s a nurse – a good nurse. And as her own health issues muddy the waters, she unwittingly steps out of the light and into Cullen’s web of deceit. Thankfully, she isn’t entirely helpless.
Chastain gives a stoic dignity to her performance, even in the face of death itself. It’s more than that, though. Amy is a beacon of hope in a world that increasingly proves it doesn’t care. The hospitals are supposed to look after their patients… but with Cullen leaving a string of jobs at various hospitals in his wake, it seems that the hospitals want to cover up what’s been going on just as much as he does. Enter detectives Baldwin (Nnamdi Asomugha) and Braun (Noah Emmerich) – the two cops assigned to one of his patients’ deaths out of a mere formality.
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The Good Nurse shines a light on the inherent darkness of a for-profit healthcare system while exploring the even darker recesses that allow a serial killer to thrive. Based on a true story, it’s a terrifying examination of systemic failures, not to mention a wild cover-up from self-interested hospitals. A creeping soundtrack and long, lingering zo...
Sep 11, 2022 · ‘The Good Nurse’ Review: Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne in a Chilling Medical Crime Drama. Chastain plays a hospital nurse who suspects her friend and colleague (played by Redmayne)...
Oct 18, 2022 · The Good Nurse review: The call is coming from inside the ER. Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain play two nurses on very different sides of the first-do-no-harm coin in a cagey,...
Sep 12, 2022 · ‘The Good Nurse’ Review: Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne Lead a Soulful and Devastating True-Crime Drama. Tobias Lindholm's take on a real-life serial killer shielded by a...
