The Good Nurse
Netflix | Release Date: October 19, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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60
NMEPaul BradshawNov 2, 2022
Turning an awful true story about a serial killer into an awful true story about the system that let it happen, The Good Nurse is an important lesson for anyone who tries to package Cullen’s crimes too neatly. Better still though, it gives us one of Chastain’s best performances; one of the year’s most believable superheroes. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonOct 27, 2022
In the judgment of the film, Cullen is just a side effect of an institutional cancer. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 20, 2022
Perhaps the film could have got under Charlie’s bland surface more. A creepily watchable drama nonetheless. Read full review
60
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSep 14, 2022
The Good Nurse is strangely flat. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 14, 2022
The Good Nurse remains a good, if not ultimately great, attempt to tell the story of a very bad person. Read full review
58
The PlaylistCharles BramescoSep 14, 2022
Both stars were evidently tempted by the promise of a “meaty role,” taking that concept to mean one that entails a lot of acting instead of complex acting. As the intrigue builds, both characters lose the multi-dimensionality that should be growing deeper and richer, reduced from individuals working within a system they must also oppose to a more basic cat-and-mouse dynamic. Read full review
50
TimeStephanie ZacharekOct 27, 2022
Though it works hard to make us believe it’s really a social statement about hospitals’ lack of scruples...its garden-variety true-crime roots are painfully visible. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOct 26, 2022
In a streaming series spread out over four or six hours, this might have offered compelling content (and certainly would have seemed less rushed) but, in its current format, it’s more frustrating than satisfying and the facile ending doesn’t hit the right spot. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 17, 2022
Together, the two actors build a rapport that goes beyond the dialogue and justifies where the story ultimately goes. Anyway, that’s the paradox in “The Good Nurse,” which potential viewers must sort out for themselves: The performances are worth seeing, but the movie isn’t. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineMark HansonSep 19, 2022
For a while, the work on the part of the performers is nuanced enough to distract us from the film’s implausibilities. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 12, 2022
I like these actors. I just wish they were in a better movie. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangOct 26, 2022
What it isn’t is especially insightful or memorable. Just because evil is banal doesn’t mean a movie has to be. Read full review
40
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiSep 26, 2022
It's a run-of-the-mill crime drama that doesn't stand out. Read full review
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