The Nurse (2014) User Reviews

Couldn't get through 20 minutes before turning it off

[Boken110 · 1/10 · 28 November 2022]

Where to start...

For a movie made in 2014, they did an incredible job at making it look 30 years old and not in a good way.

Cinematography is horrendous. Nearly every shot is a static that pans instead of cutting to a closer angle, making nearly every shot a wide shot, which is also usually too high and looking down on the characters for no reason. There is no focus on the character or situation, always wide angle.

In the first five minutes there are a series of shots around their new house that pan around like its a house hunting TV show, not a thriller.

Lighting is unnatural and also unbelievable, what hospital has ambient lighting??

Music is often too loud and does not fit with the scene.

Sound mixing is also very unnatural, dialogue is too harsh and sticks out like a sore thumb.

Acting, not good. But neither is the writing, so not entirely the actors fault.

Glad I could just change channel to get this off my TV.

If it's Amazon Prime it means it's gonna be...

[reviews1958 · 1/10 · 16 March 2019]

Awful the majority of the time. This isn't even at Lifetime sappy level. Plus the mistakes, obvious ones I might add, are humorous. Watch John Heard's character Frank when he first meets his nurse. He's supposed to have had a right-sided stroke and needs rehab and yet he reaches for his walking cane with his...wait for it...right hand. Then he's in the pool later with his Physical Therapist and when he goes to get out of the pool he can use his right leg and arm just hunky dory. No problemo. Geesh. I watched this flick till the end just to see how much Cara was gonna babble her psychomumbojumbo BS whilst mysteriously speaking as just a head with pearls on. I mean come on. Composition of a shot anyone? I have already come to the distinct conclusion to quit watching anything that is rated 5stars or higher on IMDB. Seriously, does writing great (fake) reviews pay that well? Seems very few people have any integrity about themselves anymore. Rest assured I ain't gettin' paid to write reviews. I owe it to myself to be honest so others can make an honest call whether they want to watch an outright awful movie. This one is just that...an outright awful waste of time.

A Little Push

[forum-81956 · 8/10 · 26 April 2015]

"The Nurse" is a modest but tense, little thriller — no frills or big name actors, but an eerie build up to twisted showdown between two women, one a psychologist (Brigid Brannagh) with some issues of her own, and the other a home-care nurse (Willa Ford) with a dark agenda.

After an opening tease — a chase and a seemingly random murder, the story begins when Cara (Brigid Brannagh) and her husband (Jack Noseworthy), move into their new home. Then, when Cara's estranged father (John Heard), has a stroke, Cara takes him in as well along with an in-home nurse, Lynette (Willa Ford). Right off the bat we know something's out of whack (I mean, a smoking hot nurse moves in to take care of everything…what could go wrong?) So, while Cara gets to work in her home office doing marriage counseling, Lynette gets to work on Cara's father…or does she? No spoilers, but as I'm sure you can figure out, Lynette's not really who she says she is, and as Cara begins to uncover the truth, Lynette's behavior gets stranger and more deranged. Eventually, the truth hits the fan and Cara has to fight back.

Beyond the fun of watching Willa Ford's nurse character twist everyone around her finger before coming unhinged, the story is also a crafty look at what makes people, well…come unhinged. Some of the same issues that made one woman become a shrink, made the other woman become a psycho. Guess we all could lose it, with a little push. Fun.

Magnificent and malovelent medical melodrama!

[paulgibson-29806 · 10/10 · 20 February 2024]

Any film featuring Hollywood 'A' lister David Milbern is usually a guarantee of 'Box Office Gold' and this magnificent, malevolent, medical melodrama is no exception.

Having established himself as an actor of huge stature in blockbusters such as 'Past Obsessions', Mr Milbern cements his reputation as a thespian of outstanding talent, ranking him alongside behomeths of the acting world such as Eastwood, Pacino and Stallone.

That it took me several minutes to realise that he was playing the part of silver-tongued slimeball John Dasseau, is testament to the fact that he is an actor who can play any role with consummate ease. It was criminal that the director cut short his contribution in this celluloid classic by arranging for him to suffer a fatal road accident shortly after he was smooth talking his way into the arms of the wanton Nurse of the title.

The other actors in this thoroughly enjoyable thriller play their part too and the casting director deserves great credit for assembling a group of thespians who are at the top of their game.

Especial mention must be made of Barbara Allyne Bennet. Her role is far too brief to showcase her undoubted talents and one can only hope that she is given the chance to remedy the situation in future similar blockbusting movies.

Overall, this magical medically-based movie should serve as a warning to all wealthy, silver-tongued, smooth-talking, bearded slime balls to avoid alcoholic drinks offered by scantily-clad, would-be nurses before driving at high speed along cliff-side roads, and for all attractive young women to think twice before pretending to be nurses, lest they find themselves at the wrong end of a powerful pistol wielded by jealous wives.

A throughly enjoyable romp!