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Overall Grade: B
Story: C+
Acting: B+
Direction: B
Visuals: B+
A Striking Mol & a Luscious Sheen But Falls Short
by ed_uyeshima (movies profile) (Jul 15, 2007)
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
Gretchen Mol so perfectly embodies the title role both physically and dramatically that you can almost forgive the somewhat lackluster treatment of 1950  

Overall Grade: C+
Story: C
Acting: B-
Direction: C+
Visuals: B
Not a Page Turner
by dougchercher (movies profile) (Apr 15, 2008)
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
For those of you who don't know Bettie Page, let's start with a primer. Small time Southern girl, moves to the City to pursue a career in modeling in the late 1940s and s... Full Review

Overall Grade: C+
Story: C+
Acting: C+
Direction: B-
Visuals: B
Good-looking but empty
by drickmeister (movies profile) (Jun 10, 2007)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Well-produced but empty biography. Gretchen Mol looks exactly like Bettie Page, but doesn't really bring her to life. Once the movie ends, you'll find that you really don... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B-
Acting: B+
Direction: B+
Visuals: A
I Just Wasn't Satisfied
by bcarmel.rm (movies profile) (May 25, 2006)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
I liked this movie, but I wish I could say I loved it. I wasn't bored. The movie looks great. The character of Bettie is pretty likeable. I wanted to find out what wou... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B
Acting: B+
Direction: B+
Visuals: A-
True To The Subject
by bonehead272005 (movies profile) (Mar 21, 2007)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Some of the reviews of this film were quite disparaging, but this is one of those occasions where I must disagree with many of the professional critics. It probably tells... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A
Acting: A+
Direction: A
Visuals: A
America's sweetheart?
by timelord76 (movies profile) (Mar 21, 2007)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) is a story about how a mere girl named Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol) became the most well-known & scandalous pin-up diva of the 1950's. The... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
The wholesome Betty Page
by badmonkeymojo (movies profile) (Apr 21, 2006)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
I left the movie thinking Betty Page got screwed; she created true beauty and got left with nothing. Bettie Page was always wholesome, even with a gag in her mouth or a w... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B
Acting: B
Direction: B
Visuals: B+
SIMPLY VACUOUS!
by t.kirby@sbcglobal.net (movies profile) (Nov 6, 2006)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Here's a movie without much substance...heck, hardly ANY substance, that is able to sustain the viewers interest for the entire 90 minutes or so...a heck of a feat for a... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: C+
Acting: B+
Direction: B-
Visuals: B-
Interesting But Flawed
by lovesphilip (movies profile) (Jun 13, 2006)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
"the notorious betty page" kept me interested while i watched, but ultimately left me puzzled. it was amusing to see the kind of material that the censors of the '50s co... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B
Acting: B
Direction: B
Visuals: B
A different film
by lakevictoria222 (movies profile) (May 29, 2006)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I thought this was a bit of a departure from the norm and as such I enjoyed it. The filmmaker cross cut new images with footage of the US back in 1955 which I thought was... Full Review
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