Overview
- Critics published reviews this week that describe Night Nurse as a slow-burn erotic psychosexual thriller that favors mood over clear character motivation.
- Many reviewers singled out Cemre Paksoy’s quiet, wide-eyed turn as Eleni and Bruce McKenzie’s measured performance as Douglas as the film’s strongest elements.
- The film’s score by Sam Clapp and Steven Jackson, Lidia Nikonova’s hazy cinematography, and Breanne Ward’s antiseptic production design are repeatedly praised for creating a distinctive, unsettling atmosphere.
- reviewers fault the movie’s tonal unevenness, thinly sketched character motivations, and deliberate awkwardness, saying those choices often alienate rather than engage the audience.
- Night Nurse, which premiered in Sundance’s NEXT section, opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, July 10, 2026, and is being discussed as a stylistic calling card that may shape Georgia Bernstein’s future projects.