Review of Bettie Page Reveals All (2013) by Eric H — 25 Sep 2014

The most illuminating Page biopic I've come across. It's a tribute yet does not shy away from her darkest moments. Entertaining throughout.

This review of Bettie Page Reveals All (2013) was written by Eric H on 25 Sep 2014.

Bettie Page Reveals All has generally received positive reviews.

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 05 Dec 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…

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Mori hammers home her status as a pop culture icon to a numbing degree, perhaps because parts of Bettie's spotty narration gloss over huge…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 03 Dec 2013

Mark Mori has created a film that, at one time, would have been deemed impossible: a thorough, even-handed chronicle of the pin-up queen's life…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia City Paper (235) on 11 May 2015

A shoddily made, amateur-hour barrage of chintzy music, stock footage and flashy video effects that were presumably state of the art during…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 22 Nov 2013

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…

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[Bettie] Page's most striking feature, aside from her obvious beauty, is her humility: she truly doesn't get why people think she's so great…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 05 Dec 2013

Page's no-regrets spirit and the enraptured testimonials from those who knew her in her prime (including some swooning ex-lovers) overpowers…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 26 Nov 2013

After watching Bettie Page Reveals All, even longtime devotees may not be able to look at one of her pictures again without hearing her voice,…

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By Carlos D (596) on 25 Apr 2014

Very poorly produced, and didn't go into enough detail into the life of Page, just listed credentials mainly…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 22 Nov 2013

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