with nurse betty ( 2000 ) and acclaim indie film maker neil labute ( in the company of men and your friend and neighbor ) make his breakthrough into the big budget ( betty $ 24 million a oppose to company measly $ 25 and 000 ) and mainstream realm and yet remain true to his root . while his cast be now compose of a list hollywood name ( renee zellweger and morgan freeman and and stand up comedian chris rock ) and his material remain just a bizarre and quirky a his first two feature and prove that he just may be the next big thing . nurse betty be one of the dark comedy to be advertise towards a mainstream audience in year and and consider it moderate box office and critical success and perhaps moviegoer weren not a dumb and brainwash a we though they be . the story follow ( both figuratively and literally ) a naive waitress ( zellweger ) who have fall in love from afar with a handsome soap star ( as good a it get greg kinnear ) but be trap in a loveless marriage to a slimy car dealer ( aaron eckhart and who make his big screen debut in company ) . when her husband be gruesomely murder by two hitman ( freeman and rock ) and she send into shock and obliviously set out for hollywood to meet her object of affection unaware that he only an actor . when freeman and rock discover that the car she take contains 10 kilo of cocaine and they hit the road a well and outrageousness ensues . fan of labute previous work might have a hard time figure out how this could possibly be the same guy who direct in the company of men a tragicomedy about two cruel sexist pig who play a practical joke on a deaf co worker and but when you think about it and the connection be rather clear represent in company and a vulnerable woman be unaware that she be be ruthlessly take advantage of . in betty and a vulnerable housewife be unaware that the man she chase think her genuine adoration be nothing more than a joke . some might begin to wonder if labute be really some sort of misogynist himself consider that his recur theme involve the downfall of innocent woman . but personally and i think he come to the defense of the fair sex and deal far more harshly with the abuser in his picture than the abused . one of the many charm of this film be that it absurdity be full fledge represent most director and when handle a script such a this one and would leave the story at two hitman chase a woman chase a dream . but labute know well and and have one of the hitman ( freeman ) fall obsessively for betty as well . this be an interesting role for freeman to take and because it allow him to play off of his trademark ` this be the last time character ( see unforgiven and se7en and and 1998 stinker hard rain ) while the support cast also include the like of famed weirdo crispin glover ( back to the future ) and allison janney and and ` mad about you kathleen wilhoite . the script and write by first timer john c. richards and james flamberg and be deliriously over the top ( honestly represent have you ever see a comedy or any movie and for that matter in which a man be scalp in his own dining room . ) . you could argue that the end be a little too perfect and but it really not worth deny everything that great about the film for one trivial complaint . if nurse betty be any sign of what labute have in store for u next and you can bet that i will be line up for whatever he decide to follow it up with . grade represent a .