Movie · 2022 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · 2h 1m · R · English
Curator score: 4.4/10 (91.3K ratings)
Based on the unthinkable true story.
Overview
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.4/10
IMDb: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 74%
Metacritic: 65
TMDB: 6.9/10
Director
Tobias Lindholm
Production
Protozoa Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment
Cast
Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha, Kim Dickens, Malik Yoba, Alix West Lefler, Noah Emmerich, Gabe Fazio, Ajay Naidu, Moe Irvin, Maria Dizzia, Shaun O'Hagan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Denise Pillott, Dartel McRae, Joseph Fugelo, Judith Delgado, Jesus-Papoleto Melendez, Devyn McDowell
Where to watch
Netflix
Curator Review
Verdict
A cold, competent procedural built around strong performances, especially Eddie Redmayne’s unnerving turn and Jessica Chastain’s grounded intensity. It’s effective as a true-crime workplace thriller, but the restrained style and familiar beats keep it from becoming truly memorable.
Best for
true-crime thriller fans
viewers who like restrained, procedural storytelling
fans of performance-driven crime dramas
people interested in medical-system corruption stories
Skip if
you want a fast-paced thriller
you prefer highly stylized or twist-heavy mysteries
you’re looking for a deeply emotional character study
you dislike bleak, clinical true-crime material
Overview
The Good Nurse is at its best when it leans into unease rather than spectacle. Tobias Lindholm keeps the film controlled and unsentimental, which suits a story about institutional failure, quiet suspicion, and the banality of evil in a hospital setting. The result is less a sensational serial-killer movie than a grim procedural about how long danger can hide in plain sight.
Worth noting
Jessica Chastain gives the film its moral center, playing a nurse whose exhaustion and vulnerability make her investigation feel urgent and human. Eddie Redmayne is the film’s most talked-about element for good reason: his performance is carefully modulated, creepy without becoming cartoonish, and often more disturbing for how ordinary it initially seems.
Bottom line
Still, the movie is somewhat overfamiliar in structure and occasionally too subdued for its own suspense. It works best as a solid, serious crime drama with a strong sense of dread, not as a standout entry in the true-crime canon.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Jay (3★) · 4333 likes
all pale british actors get a chance to play a creepy dude called cullen
milz (3.5★) · 3146 likes
eddie redmayne’s “i can’t” scene alone deserves three oscars
Ashton (3★) · 2502 likes
strong performances aside i was very distracted by how much eddie redmayne looks like ellen degeneres in this
🥳 Benjamin 🎉 (3★) · 1891 likes
The two messages of this movie:
1. Not having health insurance will kill you2. Having health insurance will kill you
For its clinical dread and obsession with the psychology of evil, delivered with devastating restraint.
Topics
true crime, procedural thriller, medical drama, serial killer, institutional corruption, bleak tone, slow-burn suspense, crime drama, based on real events, psychological tension