Bettie Page Reveals All

Name: Bettie Page Reveals All
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 22, 2013
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 64

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Music Box Films | Release Date: November 22, 2013 | R

Summary: The world's greatest pinup 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.

Director: Mark Mori

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Dec 9, 2013

We’re taken back to a naive era, when the boundaries of “smut” were narrower, when even the images of an unlikely “adult” star (she never did sex films or “real” porn) seem now like good, clean fun. Read full review

Connie Ogle

Dec 5, 2013

Page, who died in 2008 in Los Angeles at the age of 85, makes for a blunt but engaging narrator who’s refreshingly candid about sex and her own inner demons. Read full review

Bruce Ingram

Dec 5, 2013

Director Mark Mori, whose last feature documentary was the 1991 exposé “Building Bombs,” does an entertaining job of conveying Page’s entire life in her own words and illustrating why she has become a worldwide symbol of liberated sexuality. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Dec 12, 2013

Despite Page’s excellent voiceover, “Bettie Page” suffers from embarrassingly choppy editing and a parade of stock film clips used to illustrate episodes recounted by its subject. Read full review

John DeFore

Nov 22, 2013

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. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Nov 21, 2013

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. Read full review

Kenji Fujishima

Nov 19, 2013

Mark Mori goes a bit overboard in hammering home his appreciation of Bettie Page's significance, allowing the film to occasionally lapse into repetitiveness. Read full review

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Trailesque

Jun 22, 2020

This very effectively tells the story of the astonishing Bettie Page, the original sexy pin-up girl. The filmmakers did a great job of assembling tons of her modeling work, which does get a little repetitive. They also did an extended audio interview with Page, who is very open about herThis very effectively tells the story of the astonishing Bettie Page, the original sexy pin-up girl. The filmmakers did a great job of assembling tons of her modeling work, which does get a little repetitive. They also did an extended audio interview with Page, who is very open about her often pretty wild life. There are also conversations with photographers, fans, and some of those close to her. She really went through a lot - a poor family, a sexually abusive father, relationships with a lot of men - and then later on, becoming a devout Christian and suffering a mental breakdown. Of course, as everyone noticed, she looked amazing on film (I was surprised she was only 5'5"; she seems so tall and slim) and loved being a model.… Expand

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LowbrowCinema

Dec 8, 2013

Poorly executed but OH so informative, BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL won't change the world in terms of filmmaking but the subject matter and Page's influence on pop culture is so important that you will be immersed. It's wonderful to hear Page's own voice and recollections but the really greatPoorly executed but OH so informative, BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL won't change the world in terms of filmmaking but the subject matter and Page's influence on pop culture is so important that you will be immersed. It's wonderful to hear Page's own voice and recollections but the really great doc about Page is still yet to come. We'll wait but in the meantime we do have BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL which is a nice try at best.… Expand

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Zuqolyn

Oct 2, 2014

I did not know Bettie Page before this movie. And I've gotta admit I admire her courage and personality. But the movie itself felt really repetitive and dull.

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