I really liked this film, both the first time I saw it and again today. But it would have been more successful, I think, if not billed as a comedy. I know I was very surprised at the early violence the first time I saw it after reading about this being a funny movie. It was a good drama with sympathetic leading characters, an unusual plot, and with action and humor added as icing on the cake.
shareI think it was a really dark comedy, and those are notoriously hard to promote to the mainstream movie audience. Another perfect example is The Ice Harvest, starring John Cusack. That was a great dark comedy with sex and murder and so on, and the studio for some reason tried to sell it as a Christmas movie. Seriously. I liked Nurse Betty a lot, and it had a very dark plot, but I'd still label it as a dark comedy.
shareVery good
shareYes, I suppose it's a dark comedy. I really don't know how to define that term. Most so-called dark comedies I've seen have not entertained me. They were usually just weird and not funny. But one of best movies I've seen is Dr. Strangelove and that's called a dark comedy. But that was extremely funny. Nurse Betty is just not very funny. That is, it's quite serious. At least, that's how I perceive it.
shareYes, that disgusting scalping thing at the beginning!! That was so unexpected!
shareI 100% agree. It is a dark comedy, although I didn't find it funny. But on the TV advertismenets before it came on, they made it out to be a stupid, hilarious film, when really it was quite depressing at times.
shareThis might seem weird, but there are many times I don't laugh out loud during comedies, and I still enjoy them, and I still call them comedies. A wise man once told me, comedy and tragedy are intimately linked. Traditionally, a comedy ends with romance or a wedding and tragedy ends with death. But with today's dark comedies, writers/directors are blending the two and making us think about the nature of society, violence, sex, etc.
Anyway, it always baffles me when people say, "I didn't laugh once." For me, the real questions is, "Were you entertained?" or "Were you engaged in the story."
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