- Studio: Picturehouse Entertainment
- Release Date: Apr 14, 2006
- Starring: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor
- Summary: A provocative exploration of sexuality, religion and pop culture, The Notorious Bettie Page takes us into the 1950s and the fascinating world of famous pin-up girl, Bettie Page. (Picturehouse)
- Director: Mary Harron
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 38
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Mixed: 10 out of 38
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Negative: 0 out of 38
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88Gretchen Mol is finally the key to the mysterious appeal of the film, to its sweetness and sadness.
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83The movie, in a sense, is just like Bettie's photos: all glorious surface. The Notorious Bettie Page captures, with seductive finesse, how Bettie Page happened, yet what it leaves us with is the tantalizing enigma of a girl who couldn't truly be ''bad'' because she made sex divinely delicious.
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60While Gretchen Mol delivers a delightfully exuberant lead performance, the film itself seldom goes beyond skin deep.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 7
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Mixed: 3 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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DaveM.10The tone of the movie is flawless. Fun to watch. It makes you wish that life could be that simple.
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ChristopherJ.9Gretchen Mol proves here that she is, or soon will be, a superstar.
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