Nothing amuses me more than a quirky little wink at real life, and that's what this one is. Add two exceptional performances by Zelweggar and Freeman and you've got a little gem here.
Betty Sizemore's (Renee Zelweggar) only escape from her humdrum existence as the waitress wife of a sleazy, philandering car salesman is through her fascination with her favorite soap - a hospital show. Add her infatuation with the lead character (Greg Kinnear) to a dream of nursing, and Betty is barely in touch with reality. When viewing the bizarre death of her husband at the hands of hit men (Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock) puts her over that edge, she sets out to correct the errors of her fantasy past - traveling to Hollywood to patch things up with her true love, that dashing doctor. With the hit men on her heels trying to tie up loose ends, retrieve stolen drugs, plus realize Freeman's ever-growing fantasy romance with Betty, she heads West.
Betty's fascination proves fascinating to the Soap folk who assume she is nothing more or less than the perfect new love-interest for the show. Only by grasping Betty's lack of grasp on reality allow the hitmen, the local newspaperman (Crispin Glover) and Sheriff (Pruitt Taylor-Vince) to converge on Betty at the exact moment that she has relit in reality.
Zelweggar and Freeman show major chops in this one.
Betty Sizemore's (Renee Zelweggar) only escape from her humdrum existence as the waitress wife of a sleazy, philandering car salesman is through her fascination with her favorite soap - a hospital show. Add her infatuation with the lead character (Greg Kinnear) to a dream of nursing, and Betty is barely in touch with reality. When viewing the bizarre death of her husband at the hands of hit men (Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock) puts her over that edge, she sets out to correct the errors of her fantasy past - traveling to Hollywood to patch things up with her true love, that dashing doctor. With the hit men on her heels trying to tie up loose ends, retrieve stolen drugs, plus realize Freeman's ever-growing fantasy romance with Betty, she heads West.
Betty's fascination proves fascinating to the Soap folk who assume she is nothing more or less than the perfect new love-interest for the show. Only by grasping Betty's lack of grasp on reality allow the hitmen, the local newspaperman (Crispin Glover) and Sheriff (Pruitt Taylor-Vince) to converge on Betty at the exact moment that she has relit in reality.
Zelweggar and Freeman show major chops in this one.