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The Good Nurse

The Good Nurse

2022

Tobias Lindholm

Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha, Kim Dickens ...

6.1

7,430

Thriller Tells the true story of the pursuit and capture of Charlie Cullen, a nurse who is regarded as one of the most prolific serial killers in history. Now called “Angel of Death,” Cullen was a married father who was thought to be a responsible caretaker, but his secret compulsion to take life led to his implication in the deaths of as many as 300 patients over 16 years, spread across nine hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Premiere at TIFF 2022 [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Tomris Laffly Variety	"A soulful and devastating true-crime drama (...) Tobias Lindholm's take is low-key, elegant and unexpectedly haunting"
		Pete Hammond Deadline	"[It] turns out to be one of the best pictures of 2022 with two of the strongest performances you will see all year"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A solid crime drama that loses steam by the end (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A true-crime picture whose chilling effects are generated without a whiff of the manipulation that often comes with such films"
		Fran Hoepfner The Wrap	"Chastain and Redmayne are well-suited to each other. Both naturally theatrical and highly technical actors, it’s clear they both bring joy and originality to their characters, even if the film is often dour and drab"
		Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"Disappointingly flat serial killer drama (...) There's a real story here. Too bad they couldn't really figure out how to tell it on screen"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Tobias Lindholm's adaptation strikes a note of profound remove that never lets up, a fitting choice for this dark drama"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"This superbly acted thriller – Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne both shine – is every bit as textured and knotty"
		Charles Bramesco The Playlist	"It would be empty hyperbole to declare Eddie Redmayne our worst living actor (...) But in Tobias Lindholm’s new drama 'The Good Nurse,' Redmayne still makes a bold argument for some qualified version of the statement."
		Chris Bumbray JoBlo	"[It] is one of the scariest films I’ve seen in a while, as Redmayne plays a very real boogeyman"
		Ryan Leston IGN	"A wild combination of exposé and serial killer drama that cuts a stark storyline through the grim landscape of U.S. healthcare"
		Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"It lacks the stamina and personality to keep audiences invested in what’s going on. The pacing is slow, the cinematography sterile, and the story lacking proper dimension to make any kind of impact (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Redmayne layers his character's chilling inner darkness with an overt caring side that somehow makes him even creepier. It's a performance embroidered with fidgety micro-gestures (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Courtney Howard AV Club	"An ingeniously subtle, precisely crafted nail-biter"
		Paul Bradshaw NME	"It gives us one of Chastain’s best performances; one of the year’s most believable superheroes (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"There’s something refreshing about seeing Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne play minor keys in 'The Good Nurse' (...) The problem is that the whole movie is in minor key (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"A methodical and smartly wrought psychological thriller (...) it's also one crafted with sturdy, consummate skill, burnished by two Oscar winners who don't stint on their performances"
		Mark Hanson Slant	"The performances are nuanced enough to distract from the film’s implausibilities (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Jordan Hoffman TV Guide	"[It] does not reinvent cinema, but it is a strong movie, and one that lingered in my head for days"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"In a more low-key entry than you would expect for the true-crime serial-killer genre, 'The Good Nurse' offers insistent comment on much more than killing"
		Aurora Amidon Paste Magazine	"This film brings thoughtfulness, depth, artistry and tour-de-force performances to the table, indicating that, when dealing with such difficult subjects, possibilities for complexity are often boundless"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Chastain reminds us why she’s one of the best actors in the world as she disappears into the role of Amy (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Ross Bonaime Collider	"[It] is a shocking drama that seeps under your skin with its ferocity and terror"
		Catherine Bray Empire	"A tense true crime thriller that avoids schlock horror tropes (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"While the runtime is just around two hours, it never feels too long. Overall, it just works remarkably well when it comes to both pacing and storytelling (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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