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.
Nurse Betty
“She's chasing a dream... they're chasing her.”
Overview
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.
Director
Neil LaBute
Budget
24.0M
Revenue
29.4M
Status
Released
Production
IMF, Gramercy Pictures, Propaganda Films, ab'-strakt Pictures, Universal Pictures, USA Films, Pacifica Film Distribution
Media
UK Re-Release Trailer
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Charlie
Renée Zellweger
Betty
Chris Rock
Wesley
Greg Kinnear
Dr. David Ravell
Aaron Eckhart
Del
Tia Texada
Rosa
Crispin Glover
Roy
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Ballard
Allison Janney
Lyla
Kathleen Wilhoite
Sue Ann
Elizabeth Mitchell
Chloe
Susan Barnes
Darlene
Harriet Sansom Harris
Ellen
Sung-Hi Lee
Jasmine
Laird Macintosh
Dr. Lonnie Walsh
Steven Gilborn
Blake
Jenny Gago
Mercedes
Sheila Kelley
Joyce
Matthew Cowles
Merle
Wayne Tippit
Doctor
George D. Wallace
Grandfather
Lesley Woods
Grandmother
Cynthia Martells
Chief Nurse
Alfonso Freeman
ER Doctor
Kevin Rahm
Friend #1
Steven Culp
Friend #2
Deborah May
Gloria Walsh
Max Murphy
Studio Guard
Tina Smith
Waitress
T.J. Kennedy
Cook
Irene Olga López
Rosa's Mother
Steve Franken
Administrator
Kelwin Hagen
Deputy
Josh Dotson
Parking Valet
Dona Hardy
Woman Patient
Paul Threlkeld
Grip
José Vásquez
Gang Member
Jack Jacobson
Stagehand
Elaine Corral Kendall
Anchor
Greg Bronson
Diner Patron (uncredited)
Michelle Carmen Gomez
Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Toby Linz
Sue Ann's Son (uncredited)
Hillary Straney
Woman in Hotel (uncredited)
Jenny Wade
Diner Waitress (uncredited)
