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Movie Info


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

April 14, 2006 (NY, LA, SF)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Mary Harron

Starring :

Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Jonathan M. Woodward, David Strathairn, Cara Seymour, Tara Subkoff, Kevin Carroll

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

“..while Gretchen Mol delivers a delightfully exuberant lead performance, the film itself seldom goes beyond skin deep..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
5 of 5

“..surprisingly funny, intermittently quite sexy, and simply gorgeous to look at...”
by Scott Weinberg [EFilmCritic]
3 of 4

“..more than just a tasty morsel of eye candy..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
4.5 of 5

“..frisky and fascinating biopic..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..doesn't probe very deeply into Page's bizarre mixture of exhibitionism and piety..”
by David Denby [The New Yorker]
2 of 5

“..affectless, pointless movie..”
by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..a thesis movie that aims for the mind, but never captures Bettie's soul..”
by Jeremiah Kipp [Slant Magazine]
“..a purely fun picture that neither apologizes nor psychoanalyzes nor points fingers..”
by Donald Levit [ReelTalk]
8.5 of 10
Reviewed by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
6 of 10
Reviewed by Mel Valentin [Movie-Vault]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Eugene Novikov [Film Blather]
4 of 4
Reviewed by [Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Keith Phipps [The Onion A.V. Club]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Bonnie Fazio [Reel]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune]
3 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum [Chicago Reader]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Warren Curry [Entertainment Insiders]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
Reviewed by William Wolf [Wolf Entertainment Guide]
Reviewed by Troy Patterson [Slate]
Reviewed by Jim Ridley [City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul]
Reviewed by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan]
Reviewed by Travis Mackenzie Hoover [Exclaim!]

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