The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) Movie Reviews

Snoogans 11/14/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2.5/4 

Decent biopic that only skims the surface of the character.

mitchellyoung 07/23/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2/4 

Gretchen Mol's completely enveloping performance is wasted in a film that manipulates its story to send a preachy message. The manipulation itself is pretty boring, at that.

goodfellamike 10/29/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2/4 

Trivial drama that covers everything too quickly, as if very little happened during this time period. Gretchen Mol is perfectly-cast, but has little more to do than strip and smile. Perhaps it just had the wrong director to give it life. Final Grade: C

Chris Kavan 01/22/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

Works so well thanks to a superb performance from Gretchen Mol who is incredibly sexy, yet completely innocent (even naive) as pin-up queen Bettie Page. The end is a bit treacly, but you can't change a biography.

Allison 12/22/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2.5/4 

It came off rather preachy: "oh it's ok to be a stripper and love God too!" but it was moderately good. Nothing that deserved awards like so many people claimed though.