Betty Blue (1986) Reviews

	Michael G.

2 out of  2  people found this review helpful

This was a fun movie to watch with my girl. At least the first two hours of it. I kinda wish it would've had a happy ending. Why can't we have a movie with good love scenes and nudity without getting all weird? Anyhow, worth watching for sure.

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	Daniel L.

1 out of  1  people found this review helpful

This is a long movie but important contribution to the art. Unlike many movies the nudity is not for shock value but actually extends the director's intent. Excellent acting. Highly recommended.

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	Keith G.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

On an objective level this is a weaker film than Beineix"s Diva™. Indulgent (3 hours long!), with a sometimes uneasy mix of comedy and dark drama, some over the top acting and a few scenes that make no sense at all (the robbery?!?). Plus a climax that is a painfully obvious steal from another film. You could also make a good argument that the its view of women is retrograde. They are just crazy muses that help us to find the really important thing, ourselves. Then we can get along without them. Certainly critics are much more mixed on this then on the seminal Diva. Yet for all that, I actually enjoyed this more. There were more moments when I got caught up in the story, in the way the images and music and emotion interacted, and I appreciated that it lacked Diva"s self-satisfied, self-referential cool™. Not a great film, but an honest attempt to explore both the madness of love, and madness in love. (And all the hot sexuality and nudity is kinda fun too).

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	John C.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

It would have been nice to have had sub titles as all the dialogue was in French. As for the movie, quite boring. The story was not good but the acting was better than average.

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