The Good Nurse (2022)

A single mother and nurse (Jessica Chastain) works in the intensive care unit. When a new experienced nurse (Eddie Redmayne) is assigned to work the night shift with her, they bond instantly. What she doesn't know is that he is a serial killer who has taken it into his own hands to to terminate the lives of his patients. Based on the true crime book by Charles Graeber and directed by the Danish director Tobias Lindholm (A WAR). This true crime drama is bolstered by the performances of the two leads, Chastain and Redmayne. The film itself is a quite decent (and sometimes more than that) crime drama and focuses on the book's last third which is devoted to Chastain's character. The first 2/3 gave background on Redmayne's character but the screenplay (by Krysty Wilson Cairns) renders his background almost superfluous. We never know exactly why he committed the killings even after the movie ends. What's more important is the outrage one feels at how the (medical) system which could have reported Charles Cullen (Redmayne's character) to the authorities and thus prevent future killings (which might have been as high as 400!) and instead chose to cover their asses! Of its kind, compelling stuff. With Noah Emmerich, Kim Dickens, Nnamdi Asomugha and Maria Dizzia.