The Good Nurse: Redmayne-Chastain true story gives off different vibes than usual mystery thriller.

It is always difficult to make a true incident look cinematic and make it edgy enough to keep the audience entertained. Good acting and tight script are not much in the hands of director if they want to follow the footsteps of true events. Films like Zodiac even though being long, it keeps it on your seats. "The Good Nurse" falls into that genre. It really isn't the type of movie one really expects. It takes it time to build up the suspense and makes you feel very uncomfortable in the middle of the movie and in the end it does not give you a very satisfying ending and shall keep you confused. It shall make you more interesting on what the hell actually happened in reality. 

The director Tobias Lindholm (known for "War" and directing some episodes of Mindhunter) brings that cinematic documentary-ish vibes from the beginning movie. The movie revolves around Amy (Jessica Chastain): a nurse working in Parkfield hospital and trying to make mends for her health issues, and Charles (Eddie Redmayne) : a newly appointed nurse at the Parkfield hospital.  It a story which revolves around the suspicious deaths in hospital which leads to some bigger revelations as the movie proceeds.
Both of the actors do the perfect jobs in their roles, especially Redmayne who shows off his skills of going method in studying characters as he is known for.  In short, if you are looking for a slow paced intense thriller, this movie is up in your list.

Taking the "Spoiler Free" embargo down, here we go deep into the Spoiler Territory...


Having based on the book "The Good Nurse" which is based on the trial and story of Charles Cullen (played by Redmayne), this is one of the most weirdest serial killing stories I have heard of. After having a brief summary on what happens in this course of 1995-2003, this is crazy that the outdated systems in hospital managements and also the lack of nurse shortage make this shocking event occur. Redmayne nails the look of Charles and the scene "I don't. I don't" is just one of the most brutal shocking scenes I have watched in long while. The director really makes you feel in care of Charles and makes you feel utterly confused of what and what his is motive of doing this. This surprisingly is not being confessed by Charles yet in reality which baffled me. 

The movie really gives an intense vibe so much from the beginning and even takes some time to make the plot interesting. It can be a bit boring for some people and this is where the movie is of a different take than usual plots. As the real events somehow have a very weird ending, the movie also ends with usual texts in screen giving an ending to viewers of what the situation in the present is.

Overall I liked it but it is not the movie I was expecting for before I started. I love Redmayne's acting more and more. 

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