The Notorious Bettie Page

Harron's biography, specializing on Page's early life, start in pin-ups and notoriety due to being the target for a Senate hearing on indecency and her subsequent born-again Christianity, is very enjoyable, and Gretchen Mol is great at portraying the inner sexiness, naivety and Southern charm that made the Nashville-born Page take the world by storm. Though it made the biopic more graceful by concentrating on the earlier times, it would have been more complete had it also inc…

JPV852★6

2y ago

Well acted and directed bio-drama that most of the time feels pretty surface level in terms of Bettie Page, though Gretchen Mol did a good job in the role. **3.0/5**

Geronimo1967★7

2mo ago

“Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden of Eden. When they sinned they put on clothes…” That was the philosophy of this legendary model. She (Gretchen Mol) started off life as a god-fearing lass but quickly realised that many of the men around her, whom she ought to have been able to trust, were brutes. Rather than cower away and pine, though, she decides to head to New York City where she soon finds herself with a photographic contract modelling lingerie and swimwear. It's on…