Slew of big-name talent fails to save movie

At first glance, the movie poster for "Nurse Betty," which shows smiling sweetheart Renee Zellweger in 1950s nurse garb with two unthreatening men behind her, portrays a goofy, comedic and fun romp for the whole family - a "Bambi" in disguise.

"Nurse Betty," however, is about as far from a Disney production as a film can get. The audience becomes painfully aware of this when, within the first 15 minutes of the film, hit man Wesley (Chris Rock) scalps a mullet-headed, used-car salesman with what looks like a shank stolen from the set of HBO's prison drama "Oz." Scenes in "Braveheart" were not this disturbing.

The cast of characters, furthermore - with the exception of Betty Sizemore (Zellweger), a sweet housewife with the demeanor of Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz"- uses more profanity than a belligerent Quentin Tarantino film roadie without Xanax.

Okay, so there is violence and profanity, not a big deal, but the film's outlandish plot is a stretch.