As 'The Good Nurse' makes clear, an ICU is a chillingly convenient place to commit murders. Film critic Jesse Hassenger reviews the latest Netflix thriller, which stars Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne.
The Good Nurse . L to R: Eddie Redmayne as Charlie Cullen and Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren. Cr. JoJo Whilden / Netflix"The Good Nurse" opens with a brief prologue in 1996, then it jumps forward to 2003, the year in which it primarily takes place. That date range is fitting, given the era of movies it throws back to.
As it turns out, an ICU is a chillingly convenient place to commit murders; between bad luck, occasional human error and an exhausted staff, no one bats an eye when a patient occasionally dies semi-unexpectedly.
In broad strokes, it’s easy to see where "The Good Nurse" is heading from that first scene: The camera pushes in slowly on Charlie as he watches a flurry of activity around a dying patient at another hospital, way back in 1996. It’s also easy to guess that the movie is based on a true story — not because truth is stranger than fiction, but because, in this case, it’s so chillingly mundane.
The Good Nurse . L to R: Devyn McDowell as Maya Loughren, Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren, and Alix West Lefler as Alex Loughren. Cr. JoJo Whilden / Netflix Following the death of that favorite patient, Amy’s hospital conducts an investigation, calling in a couple of cops for due diligence while not actually giving them much access to files or information. At first, they’re confused about why they’re looking at this case in the first place. Quickly, though, they become suspicious of the administrative evasiveness that’s meant to convince them nothing’s wrong.
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