“The Good Nurse” is a new Netflix original film that is based on the serial killer Charles Cullen.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- The Good Nurse is a 2022 American drama film
- In the film stars Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne
- They portray two nurses, one who suspects the other of being responsible for a series of patient deaths
- The film is based on the 2013 true-crime book of the same name by Charles Graeber about the serial killer Charles Cullen
- It is directed by Tobias Lindholm
- It is written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns
- The film also stars Nnamdi Asomugha, Kim Dickens, and Noah Emmerich
- The Good Nurse had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022
- It was released in select cinemas on October 19, 2022
- Before its streaming release on October 26, 2022, by Netflix
- The film received positive reviews from critics
- The film was announced in November 2016, with Tobias Lindholm set to direct and Krysty Wilson-Cairns writing the screenplay adapting Charles Graeber’s 2013 nonfiction book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
- Lionsgate was initially set to distribute
- In August 2018, Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne entered negotiations to star in the film
- No further development on the film was announced until February 2020
- Chastain and Redmayne were confirmed to star, with Lionsgate no longer involved
- Netflix entered negotiations to buy the film’s worldwide distribution rights for $25 million
- In March 2021, Nnamdi Asomugha was added to the cast
- With Noah Emmerich and Kim Dickens joining in April
- Filming began on April 12, 2021, in Stamford, Connecticut
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 80% rating
- Based on 119 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 6.7/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “The Good Nurse is hobbled by stilted dialogue and unrealistic story elements, but those issues are offset by strong work from a pair of talented leads”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100
- Based on 35 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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