Synopsis
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
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Cast
- Jean-Hugues AngladeZorg
- Béatrice DalleBetty
- Gérard DarmonEddy
- Consuelo De HavilandLisa
- Clémentine CélariéAnnie
- Jacques MathouBob
- Vincent LindonRichard, the Young Policeman
- Catherine D'AtPizzeria Customer
- Claude AufaureDoctor
- Louis BellantiMario
- 100
CineVue
Betty Blue, in either of its forms – whether it be the 121-minute theatrical version or the 185-minute director’s cut – takes a bad situation and makes it true-blue and beautiful. - 75
Slant Magazine
If only Beineix could have imagined an existence for his star-crossed protagonists beyond the source material (the question of whether successful maternity would have sobered Betty yelps for an impossible sequel), he may have managed a sultry masterpiece. - 70
Washington Post
Like Zorg, we are bedazzled by Betty's bright eyes, big moue and wild child's ways. - 70
Variety
Director Jean-Jacques Beineix has adapted a novel by Philippe Djian, considered an enfant terrible of the new literary generation. It's another feverish tale of amour fou. - 60
Washington Post
An extraordinarily sensual movie with its own silly integrity. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
An inconsistent and unsatisfying tale of amour fou and literary ambition. - 50
Slant Magazine
Indeed, the film flies by and feels weightless, like a spectacular rainbow-colored hydrogen balloon that passes out of our memory the moment we lose sight of it. - 40
Chicago Reader
Perhaps what is least satisfying about Beineix' effort is its implied theme—that women are mere muses to be addled, suffocated, and sacrificed to revitalize the imaginations of men.