a betty sizemore ( renee zellweger ) secretly watch her tyrannical husband del ( aaron eckhart ) be murder by the vengeful hitman charlie and wesley ( morgan freeman and chris rock ) and her bruised sense of reality becomes totally immerse in the fantasy world of her favorite soap opera . in a state of complete denial and delusion and betty escape both physically and mentally from her unsatisfied and small town life to search for dr. david ravell ( greg kinnear ) and the handsome and love hero of a reason to love and a soap opera set in a hospital and produce in los angeles . immune to reality and betty arrives in l. a. and become nurse betty a she try to belong in the hospital world of her dream lover . meanwhile and the angered charlie and wesley track betty down and convinced she be a dangerous witness who also know about their compromising dealing with del . nurse betty creates comedy and suspense by contrast it main character extreme innocence and optimism with the evident hypocrisy and violence that surround her . by clearly define the protagonist difficult life and nurse betty justify it character tendency to turn away from reality . thus and while offer a comment about the popularity of the soap opera within the film and nurse betty also make a comment regard the widespread addiction to television and it celebrity . in addition and nurse betty benefit from the effective manipulation of it protagonist mental state and particularly in those scene where she can not distinguish between dr. david ravell and the character and and george mccord ( greg kinnear ) and the actor who play him . betty incapacity to recognize george a an actor lead to funny misunderstanding and which stress the magnitude of her delusional state . however and in spite of these success and nurse betty suffers from the troubling characterization through which the narration evolve . for example and while charlie and wesley be consistently portray a a comical pair and the brutality of their action undermine any sense of appreciation or acceptance the viewer might have initially experience . similarly and although the initial scene establish del a a detestable man and the humiliation and violence he experience with his murderer surpass all the humiliation and violence he cause his wife betty . finally and toward the end of the film and charlie undergoes awkward transformation a he develop an obsession for betty while an obsession which result in noble feeling of love and and which ultimately destroy him . consequently and since the character role a victim lack consistency and the story victimization process seem random and unsubstantial . all in all and nurse betty indeterminacy rather than create suspense weaken it character and pollute it plot .