Synopsis
The world's greatest pin-up model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.
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Cast
- Bettie PageHerself
- Dita Von TeeseHerself
- Hugh HefnerHimself
- Rebecca RomijnHerself
- Tricia HelferHerself
- Tempest StormHerself
- Bunny YeagerHerself
- Mamie Van DorenHerself
- Paula KlawHerself
- Naomi CampbellHerself
Recommendations
- 75
NPR
That she continues to invite not just Beyoncé and Katy Perry but millions of adoring men and women along for the ride is icing on the cake. - 75
New York Post
In one of Hugh Hefner’s least creepy moments ever, he describes how they became friends later in life; with his help, she finally obtained the legal rights to her rampantly used image. - 70
Village Voice
Mori — director of the 1991 documentary Building Bombs — assembles the information here with clarity and sensitivity. - 63
RogerEbert.com
She is an engaging guide, humorous and honest, cynical and wise, with that same sense of innocent joy in her own fame that translated into in photos. - 60
Variety
It has a somewhat routine midlevel-cable-production feel. But the content is engaging, and the use of old movie clips to illustrate biographical details... is amusing. - 60
New York Daily News
Why does the movie waste so much time on empty adoration from celebrity fans and skim past the significant tragedies that contributed to her complex life? Parental neglect, sexual assault, severe mental illness — all of these factors shaped the woman Page became. But perhaps even today, no one wants to consider the sadness behind her 1,000-watt smile. - 60
The New York Times
No life is seamless, and not every biographical portrait needs to be, but this one is so riddled with awkward transitions, including on the soundtrack, that it tends to lurch distractingly, as if Mr. Mori were still trying to figure out how to piece the whole thing together. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Page's no-regrets spirit and the enraptured testimonials from those who knew her in her prime (including some swooning ex-lovers) overpowers clumsy filmmaking.
