(ESP-ENG) The Good Nurse y el asesino silencioso // The Good Nurse and the Silent Killer!

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If there has been a movie that I have heard about and that I have read a lot of things about here lately it would surely have to be The Good Nurse and it is a story based on true events that involves a serial killer and the whole medical and health network, those environments in emergency rooms or intensive care that attract so much attention when we see them either in series or films. I have to say that Netflix is managing, I don't know how given their track record, to put out good content lately, in fact many of my reviews have been with products from them because the truth and in my opinion they are being good stuff, but, this movie falls into that category? - maybe.

A story that involves a murderer who apparently is the kindest person who can work in a hospital, a nurse who besides loving her job has some impressive burdens in her life and a health system that in many other series and movies have portrayed as one of the worst things that can be, here they do it again with the particularity that it was a real case so it should not surprise us so much. If we add it all up, the result is a film that will undoubtedly keep us at least entertained and waiting for what happens, because I was not familiar with this murderer's case, so my experience while watching the film was better since I didn't know for sure what was going to happen. But well, let's talk a little more about this terrible and unfortunate story.

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This story focuses on two main characters, Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) and Amy Loughren (Jessica Chestain), already when you read these names you know that the performances will be of a considerable level. Amy is a nurse who works in a hospital, she is a person who like many others has her problems but can not afford to give up what she does, in fact she is a little overloaded in that job. It is then when Charles comes into her life, a caregiver with very good references arrives at the hospital where Amy spends her nights, it is from there when a beautiful friendship begins to develop in which Charles will help in everything he can to an Amy who suffers in silence the consequences of her work and other things that you will discover when you see the film.

When does the breaking point occur? - Well, when there is a suspicious death of one of the hospital's patients. Apparently he had died of unknown causes but the reality is different and this is when all the alarms go off and an investigation by the local police begins to advance in order to get to the bottom of everything. In addition to all the medical context that covers this story there is also an investigative and detective context that gives even more body and interest to the plot that is already quite murky. So it is two detectives who take on the case and with Amy's help will seek to scrutinize things in Cullen's life including his past to see if it is possible to connect these recent deaths with unfinished cases from the past.

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The plot itself is what it is, that's all. By this I mean that it is extremely flat, you will not find any unexpected twist even if you unconsciously expect them throughout the film and this happens for the simple reason that it is a true story, there can be no fiction as far as the development and outcome of the story is concerned. What there is is a tension in much of the film for a couple of things, everything related to Amy which in itself is a very delicate and real picture, on the other hand everything that has to do with Charles in the sense that our nurse no longer trusted him, knew many things about Cullen to the point of being afraid of his own "friend" which made him an even more mysterious person and thirdly for the whole investigation where we see that battle between a hospital that what it does is to look after its own interests and a police with its hands a little tied in the absence of collaboration.

We fall into the issue of indignation, we know that these things happen, but since in most cases it is not directly related to us, we do not pay much attention to it. The fact that all the hospitals have turned their faces away and disregarded the whole case because of their image and interests is simply Dantesque and shows us that medicine is nothing more than a vile business, most of the time. There is a series called "The Resident" which is very good and touches on much of what we see here, that double face of the people who are supposed to be there to help others turn out to be the stone in the road for these cases to come to light. All that context in this film is a fundamental part of the story as it was what allowed Cullen to act under the greatest impunity without being seen, all in silence.

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Personally I never lost the desire to continue watching, although by logic one knows what the final outcome of everything will be even without knowing the real story, the plot was becoming more interesting as time went by and the investigation. I think the combination of those two factors made the movie work much better. It's a drama accompanied by an intrigue that something is going to happen at any moment, that the story will take a turn that we haven't been able to see and that's another thing about this film, that feeling of waiting for something that we don't know if it will happen or not. Everything was filmed very simply, there is no important camerawork or photography or exceptional shots and the truth is that there is no need because the soul of this film are its protagonists, the performances that for me are the real weapon of this story.

Eddie Redmayne is an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and BAFTA winning actor, so expecting something good from his performance is almost a given. The role he plays here I think is very complex because it is one where the psychological and personality problems are complicated to see at first glance but if you look closely you can see something behind that layer of smoke that he creates in front of himself. He is a calm, friendly, discreet guy whose great virtue is to go unnoticed, hence the absurd amount of murders he committed, but who at the same time is very close to the people he cares about, in this case Amy. There is a scene of him almost at the end of the film that pays for his entire performance, it was impressive, the feeling he transmitted to the viewer was tremendous.

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And well, what about Jessica Chestain, another multiple award winner among which are an Oscar, Golden Globe, etc. When I told you that just by reading the protagonists you knew that the material would be splendid. Jessica's performance is very good, a fighter woman with all the letters that will always put her family, her daughters, above her own physical integrity. Committed to her work and to the common good, she is a key piece in this puzzle, the thing is that she always lives in a drama because of everything she has to live and she plays it tenfold. There are scenes where you can really feel the sadness and helplessness in her eyes and the ability to transmit is quite unique in her. The casting is everything that is good about this movie.

I give it a 7/10 because the story always goes in the same direction, although it is true that there is a psychological suspense and a half masked thriller, in several parts the accelerator lowers the intensity a little. This does not mean that it is not bad, it is a very interesting story that I recommend to everyone, besides the performances here are everything, both Eddie and Jessica were incredible, more than enough reason to take a look at it. It's on Netflix and lasts a little over two hours, I leave the trailer below.

Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!