the<\/span> number could be closer to 400.<\/span><\/p>\nBased on Charles Graeber\u2019s book The<\/span> Good<\/span> Nurse<\/span>: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder, the<\/span> film shies away from being a portrait of Cullen \u2013 who was bullied mercilessly both as a child and during his time in the<\/span> US Navy, and attempted suicide on several occasions. Rathe<\/span>r, scriptwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917) concentrates on the<\/span> endgame, as Cullen is finally caught after he takes up a role as a nurse<\/span> in an Intensive Care Unit at Parkland Memorial in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\nPlaying \u2018detective\u2019 is his close friend at the<\/span> hospital Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain), a single mothe<\/span>r-of-two who initially bonds with Cullen when he first arrives. Like Amy, Cullen has two children, though his wife has taken the<\/span>m from him. He\u2019s also sensitive to Amy\u2019s health problems. She has a heart condition and no health insurance and fears she will lose her job if those at the<\/span> hospital find out. Gradually, the<\/span> seemingly harmless Cullen ingratiates himself with her and her family.<\/span><\/p> Things change when a 77-year-old woman dies suspiciously in the<\/span> ICU after suffering an adverse reaction to her medications. But by the<\/span> time two homicide detectives (Noah Emmerich, Nnamdi Asomugha) start investigating, the<\/span> body has been cremated, leaving the <\/span>trail cold. Amy is convinced Cullen has nothing to do with it, but furthe<\/span>r investigation suggests othe<\/span>rwise. Stranger still, the<\/span> administrative staff refuse to talk, fearful of costly reprisals in the<\/span> most litigious nation on Earth. <\/span><\/p>\nDirected by Tobias Lindholm, the<\/span> Danish filmmaker who co-wrote the<\/span> Oscar-winning Anothe<\/span>r Round (2020) and directed A Hijacking (2012) and A War (2015), The<\/span> Good<\/span> Nurse <\/span>is a film that operates at a low temperature, simmering its ingredients until the<\/span> final reel. For the<\/span> most part, it doesn\u2019t work like a Hollywood thriller, preferring a more realistic approach. But, still, the<\/span>re are some terrifying moments; at one point, Lindholm cunningly uses the <\/span>sound of a heart monitor to register Amy\u2019s mounting fear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n