PREVIEW: The Good Nurse (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Nnamdi Asomugha (Sylvie’s Love), Noah Emmerich (Little Children), Kim Dickens (Gone Girl)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Tobias Lindholm (A War), director; Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Last Night in Soho), writer; Darren Aronofsky (Jackie), Scott Franklin (Black Swan) and Michael Jackman (On Edge), producers; Biosphere (The Chronicles of Polyaris), composer; Jody Lee Lipes (Manchester by the Sea), cinematographer; Adam Nielsen (A Hijacking) and Michael Rolt (Kaufman’s Game), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Amy (Chastain) is a nurse and single mother who is struggling to balance both at work and at home, as well as with a life-threatening heart condition. She soon strikes up a friendship with Charlie (Redmayne), a seemingly compassionate new addition to her unit, but when a series of mysterious patient deaths point to him as the culprit, Amy is forced to risk her and her family’s life to uncover the truth…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Oscar-winners Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne give compelling, and chilling, performances in this medical thriller that’s loosely based on one of the most prolific serial killers in modern-day history.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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