Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty is non so much a cinema about a nurse, but it is a good depiction of hownurses dirty dog sometimes be portrayed by the media. In this film a small town waitress named Bettyfixates on one refer as portrayed in her favorite slime opera, A Reason To Love. by and by witnessing her husbands murder while watching an episode Betty begins to pose delusional, believing that she is a nurse in the hospital where the character of Dr. Ravellfrom the soap opera works. Betty also believes herself to be his ex-fianc and that she is still inlove with him. As this delusion takes hold she packs her bags and leaves the scene of the crime tohead to Los Angeles to find him.Because of her delusions Betty does not often relate well with others. She has convincedherself that she is an actual nurse and is in love with Dr. Ravell. For this reason she fails tounderstand why others cannot accept this.The remaining nurse, doctor and hospital administration portrayals be all minor roles.Many are little more than than walk-ons and cardboard cut-out soap opera stereotypes.The ones whoare very in these positions and not characters from the soap opera are portrayed more fairly thanthe soap characters.When Betty arrives at what she believes is the hospital where Dr. Ravell works theadministration is at first depicted as sincere in response to her claims of cosmos a nurse andlooking for Dr. Ravell, an acclaimed cardiologist who should work there. Even though he hasnever been heard of before.Little is shown of how Betty handles herself as a nurse. principally this is due to the factthat she is not a nurse. Even though she believes herself to be one. The other minor portrayals ofnurses in this movie are generally commanding and believable.Overall this movie shows several examples of how Hollywood portrays those in the health check profession. Both with the medical professionals as characters and with the morestereotyped soap opera characters.LaBute, N. (Director). (2000). Nurs e Betty Film Hollywood Gramercy Pictures