The Good Nurse

2022 - 10 - 25

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Serial killer drama 'The Good Nurse' has lots of talent, no direction (The Detroit News)

Director Tobias Lindholm, working from a screenplay by Oscar nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns ("1917") based on Charles Graeber's 2013 book, instead turns his ...

That would be Eddie Redmayne, an Oscar winner for "The Theory of Everything," who plays Charlie as a sensitive, caring, thoughtful guy, right up until his generosity is framed as something other than altruism. Asomugha and Emmerich can't ever figure out the right notes to play, and Lindholm doesn't seem to offer any help. While he admitted to the killings he was less forthcoming about his motives, which dramatically speaking leaves "The Good Nurse" grabbing at straws.

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The Good Nurse: 'I risked everything to make sure he was behind bars' (BBC News)

Jessica Chastain stars as the real-life nurse who helped stop a serial killer in Netflix crime drama.

to make a story about humanity, about the strength of one individual in this whole system that didn't work." Many of his victims were about ready to leave the hospital and he stole that from them. "This platform that I have in this moment is really about giving a voice to the victims… "As a consequence of Charles Cullen's case, whenever someone is reported, their records now have to be kept for seven years. I still showed up to be a good nurse and watching her [Jessica], I could be proud of that character. He had also never made a film in the English language. [The Times critic Kevin Maher gave it four stars](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-good-nurse-review-eddie-redmayne-chills-as-hospital-killer-5qwwv3k5x), declaring: "Eddie Redmayne shines in this Trojan horse thriller that describes the crimes of a psychopathic hospital predator but is really about the iniquities of the US healthcare system. He had never made a Hollywood studio film before and didn't think he ever would. And for me to not have seen that, I really did struggle." "And I didn't want to see it. I still showed up to be a mom. You have a couple of hours to kill.

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The Good Nurse review - a solid and steady thriller (Ready Steady Cut)

With a star-led cast, the Netflix film The Good Nurse has all the potential. Here's our official spoiler-free review.

[Eddie Redmayne](https://www.avclub.com/eddie-redmayne-good-nurse-interview-jessica-chastain-1849692234)), a nurse just hired to relieve some of her professional burdens. The second most interesting part of the film really is the hospital administrator’s refusal to act. Her physician wants her to take a medical leave of absence, but Amy needs the money and her health insurance after she is there for a year. The condition is so severe Amy’s doctor wants her to teach her oldest daughter the warning signs of having a stroke. [Charles Manson](https://readysteadycut.com/2019/05/18/film-review-charlie-says/), [Jeffrey Dahmer](https://readysteadycut.com/2022/09/21/who-is-jeffrey-dahmer-and-what-happened-to-the-serial-killer/), and [Ted Bundy](https://readysteadycut.com/2019/01/24/conversations-with-a-killer-the-ted-bundy-tapes-netflix-review/)‘s of the world, but those guys are all flash. A caring nurse who is carrying around a secret of her own, Amy is experiencing heart failure and has young kids.

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