The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

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07/14/07

a subtle, understated study of a complex individual.

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06/19/07

Director Mary Harron and her co-screenwriter Guinevere Turner seem seriously conflicted about the tone of their film.

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03/01/07

It is a wondrously entertaining biopic that gives a dazzling insight into a time when the world was ready to embrace the notion of a sex goddess, innocently.

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03/01/07

Visualmente insosso (o jogo entre P&B e cor parece apenas querer chamar a atenção), o filme empalidece tematicamente diante de Kinsey e não retrata Page de maneira particularmente interessante, apesar da ótima performance de Mol.

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12/30/06

Men can ogle and evaluate all they want. The film's Bettie is what they've made, but she eludes them.

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12/21/06

The film was directed by Mary Harron from a screenplay she wrote with Guinevere Turner. In the past, these two did substantial work. Now they play, so that audiences may have the double pleasure of enjoying their porn while feeling superior to it.

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11/11/06

Stars Gretchen Mol in a terrific comeback performance as Page, the God-fearing woman from Tennessee who left Nashville for New York, where her aspirations of becoming an actress were interrupted, you might say, by a whip and a ball gag.

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09/29/06

Refreshingly, Mol doesn't play Page as a dumb bunny but as someone who discovered that narrow middle ground between sweetness and sexiness.

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09/29/06

The Notorious Bettie Page may be nothing but a series of beautiful poses, but audiences will be more than happy with the result.

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09/28/06

Watching Mol in action in the title role, it's impossible to imagine anyone else in the part.

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09/21/06

A small, strangely sweet tale well told. But this is all about Mol, who puts in a performance that gives her a very early lead on next year’s Oscar race.

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08/04/06

A portrait of the centrefold as a closed book.

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08/03/06

Mary Harron's Bettie Page biopic is beautifully shot and features a terrific performance by Gretchen Mol, but it's also frustratingly vague and never gets beneath the surface.

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08/03/06

Harron is not judgemental in her approach, which allows Bettie's sweet nature to shine through. However, there's a nagging dissatisfaction that comes from being too detached from her subject.

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08/01/06

The episodic script offers basic insight into Page's rise to fame, but it never commits to being either an in-depth biography or a thoughtful examination of her impact on evolving sexual mores of the era.

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06/12/06