Rotten
A portrait of the centrefold as a closed book.
Ben Walters, Time Out
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Pin-Up Sensation That Shocked The Nation.
2006 · 1h 31m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Mary Harron
Overview
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Director and cast
- Mary Harron Director
- Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page
- Chris Bauer as Irving Klaw
- Jared Harris as John Willie
- Sarah Paulson as Bunny Yeager
- Cara Seymour as Maxie
- David Strathairn as Estes Kefauver
- Lili Taylor as Paula Klaw
- John Cullum as Preacher in Nashville
- Matt McGrath as Nervous Man
- Austin Pendleton as Teacher
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Rotten
In Mary Harron's film biography of the nude and naughty pin-up girl, Notorious is synonymous with 'joyless.'
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
With her blue-black hair, Mol looks so much like Page that this could be a documentary, and her swings between modesty and exhibitionism are amazingly fluid.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
... the movie's worth a look simply for Mol's career-boosting performance.
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
We can't always be sure what's archival and what's simulated because sometimes the filmmakers are trying to fool us. But their preoccupation with the manufacture of images keeps this exercise in exposure and concealment interesting.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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