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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA true-crime picture whose chilling effects are generated without a whiff of the manipulation that often comes with such films.
- 80VarietyTomris LafflyVarietyTomris LafflyWhat lingers most about it is a sense of selfless compassion, the kind that Amy possesses when she painfully reminds herself of the good buried within inexplicable evil. Watching her try to summon that good makes for a quietly devastating finale, one that’s thoroughly earned by the soulful film that precedes it.
- 75TheWrapFran HoepfnerTheWrapFran HoepfnerIf The Good Nurse is about anything, it’s about dedication and stoic compassion, rather than a headstrong sense of morality, and the film, like its protagonist, is all the better for that.
- 67IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIt’s a nifty fit for the Danish filmmaker behind similarly cold-blooded dramas like “A War” and “A Highjacking,” who establishes a sense of unease from the film’s opening moments and never quite relents.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThe Good Nurse remains a good, if not ultimately great, attempt to tell the story of a very bad person.
- 60SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaThe Good Nurse is strangely flat.
- 58The PlaylistCharles BramescoThe PlaylistCharles BramescoBoth 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.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoI like these actors. I just wish they were in a better movie.
- 50Slant MagazineMark HansonSlant MagazineMark HansonFor a while, the work on the part of the performers is nuanced enough to distract us from the film’s implausibilities.