She's chasing a dream... they're chasing her.
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
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Character
Contemporary, spare and open-ended.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
Who loves it, who doesn't
19 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Morgan FreemanCharlie
- Renée ZellwegerBetty
- Chris RockWesley
- Greg KinnearDr. David Ravell
- Aaron EckhartDel
- Tia TexadaRosa
- Crispin GloverRoy
- Pruitt Taylor VinceBallard
- Allison JanneyLyla
- Kathleen WilhoiteSue Ann
Crew
- Neil LaButeDirector
- John C. RichardsScreenplay
- James FlambergScreenplay
- Jean-Yves EscoffierDirector of Photography
- Rolfe KentOriginal Music Composer
- Joel PlotchEditor
- Nick SouthEditor
- Steven WeisbergEditor
- Steve GolinProducer
- Gail MutruxProducer
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