The Good Nurse

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John R Great mystery story, the acting was very good and believable. Well worth the price of admission. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/22 Full Review Dave Riveting and becomes more so as the film progresses. One of the best films Ive seen in 2022! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/22/22 Full Review Janice W I went into this movie knowing nothing about this movie except the prior works of both actors. I was surprised by both performances. Eddie played against type. I intrigued by the title. Eddie's character was a kind person who helped his co worker and you kind of wondered why he has worked in so many hospitals. Jessica's character showed a lot of compassion and empathy considering what she was facing. Her portrayal allowed the police to capture him after she got Eddie's character to admit the killing though the reasons were unknown. She stopped a series of serial killings. This is definitely a must see and an Oscar Contender. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/22/22 Full Review Leonard F Tension is built quickly and is maintained for every second of the movie. The score helps sustain the tension. spoiler alert The utter failure of 9 hospitals to act, resulting in the deaths of literally untold numbers of patients, is truly shocking. The heroics of Nurse Amy Loughren are captured beautifully. the acting by Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne is wonderful. The rest of the cast is excellent and totally believable. All in all, this is a winner. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/24/22 Full Review Kyle M “You think you know somebody”, a deceived line that became a basic foundation for plotting suspenseful thrillers – to a particular heightened extent – whereas the protagonist must grapple acquainted senses towards another’s swift malevolence. Alfred Hitchcock certainly characterized around that very saying while occasionally placing a macguffin that traces connective malicious intents to the now-weary protagonist who must tread carefully, and survive, in preventing the spree from going further. With that in mind, filmmakers seem to have acknowledged the formulaic effect with enough grounded realism to immerse and captivate viewers into the structural dimension akin to how it would occur situationally. There was that kind of potential over the factual coverage for “The Good Nurse”, but it seems instead your ordinary showcase that excels rather than thinking inspired creativity. What truly intrigues how much the narrative is lesser known despite the subtle notoriety undermining the medical industry to go into contractual silence just to protect their trustworthy integrity. The film acts as a crime thriller in a differential environment you wouldn’t expect to occur then built as a platform to scathingly remember the circumstances that question ethics (amid sporadic criticism towards the very industry), and the surrounding artistic license jointly aims to assist in forming a grasp of the leaning themes. As indicated, this film is based on a true story about a nurse named Charles Cullen, thoughtful and empathetic approachably upfront but questionable when suspicions arise in the events of many patients’ mysteriously sudden deaths when put under his care (the paperwork afterwords were filled cautiously and unethically by his supervisors to avoid scandal). The method he’d used was injecting another dangerous chemical into the IV bags, prepped to replace the emptied usage for the patient’s continuous treatment, whether or not initially prognosed to make it through. He’s been doing that for 16 years across multiple hospitals he kept moving to, before eventually fired over trivial reasons, but the actual push is rightful suspicions the heads couldn’t handle anymore. His later confession’s snide remark states that they never stopped him. He’s currently serving 18 life sentences, from confirming many identified deaths, per cleared memory, amounted at double-digit that could go high as 400 patients he’d killed under the radar. Cullen’s serial killer spree was driven by his own mental instability, no matter how basically experienced and knowledgably educated he is in the field that maintained his employment from one hospital to another. Those who haven’t seen the headlines, probably due to buried history but not forgotten to prevent from ever repeating, are nonetheless lured to this true crime story promisingly thrilling, till Cullen’s complexity evokes one’s own glancing at the facts regarding his life story to decrypt his psychoanalysis. (Although, much of this might’ve gotten covered in the complemented documentary “Capturing the Killer Nurse”). Who finally saw through him was Amy Loughren, a single mother and compassionate nurse who struggled the demanding night shift in the ICU trying to build up her eligibility for health insurance to cover her life-threatening heart disease, which she kept disclosed from her peers. When Charles entered the picture, not only did he lighten her load but the two developed a strong friendship as she trusts him with her condition in secret whilst becoming her life’s main support. But once the mysterious deaths set off an investigation that points out Charles as the main suspect, Amy at first readily defended his innocence till a shocking find forced her to risk her life and her children’s safety to uncover the truth in two-folded secret. Straight-forward in factual deliverance that manage to thrill at a minimum under impeccable dramatization to slightly be taken as character study if not equipped with background information that insisted imperative depth. Between expectations and how it turned out, the proper form director Tobias Lindholm should’ve taken when helming the story to visual life is actually considering Hitchcock’s approach that could replicate the weighing atmosphere to suspense over studious caution. Perhaps just obtaining background information midway through duration must’ve damped the given structural narrative, but anyone already aware of the story would observe against speculation and/or memory akin to being informatively equipped either way that opened up what could suggestively make it all the more authentic. Lindholm arguably did just that but to lesser convincing with zero shock value when leaning towards the obvious. Are we seeking to see how the story unfolds or to find any sort of thrills justified? This could also suggest how factually-based coverages with lingering sensations become noteworthy adaptations to be approached differently than coasting on existing facts related to being spoiled. Besides, Lindholm actually did replicate another renowned endeavor in his 2015’s “A War” after Stanley Kramer’s “Path to Glory”. Score composed by Biosphere and Jody Lee Lips’ observative cinematography backs up the chills when decently built by Krysty Wilson-Carins’ somewhat subpar screenplay. Eddie Redmayne’s ever remarkable talent in embodying ranges of heavy desires with eccentric calmness as his charm did the most diving in embracing his troubled character with stunning ascendence. And Jessica Chastain has a credible stature to match Amy’s humane compassion and conflict so perfectly that it puts us in a vulnerable grip. The agreeably well-matched pair outstandingly leads the film’s uncertain flow of events, alongside Nnamdi Asomugha’s provocation in challenging the (medical) industry’s problematic ethics which further show how nuanced the reactivities are as they lend their own criticism. Those affected hospitals will forever be haunted by how they should’ve handled then actually addressed those concerns rather than worrying about their credibility due to a potentially unfathomable scandal that already made newly arrived patients uneased, especially unable to know what’s next when departing those beds either physically or spiritually. “The Good Nurse” excelled as a typical showcase with slightly chilling buildup whilst resurfacing a story to generally spread awareness to sharpen many appliable focuses, despite not also envisioning a more effective approach to mirror those flattened shocks. (B+) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review Audience Member Good movie about a killer nurse who goes to every hospital that something would happen. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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