going lie despite looking interesting watched notorious bettie page heard and fairly obvious looking synopsis anything film gretchen mol got naked it never fan mol cannot resist seeing attractive woman taking clothes yes may perverted theme ideal central core movie helps make film lot stronger probably bebr br the film chronicles bettie pages mol life physical sexually abused days kid high school south onto new life new york wants actress pay bills too taking seemingly innocent shots local beach page slowly becomes modeling sensation quickly jumps suggestive photos sexually provocative pinup photographsbr br i feel briefness film just ninety minutes curse blessing it one hand film never overstays welcome get know page within short minutes gets right modeling career look back curses film well never really get chance grasp everything going on kind jumps around modeling shoots controversies create jumping right major senate investigation takes much final act film sit there attempt absorb all comes right you feels like filmmakers wanted summarize much material short film begs longer sequences begs even longer explanations feel rushed feel therebr br another bit fumble although bit curiosity use colour throughout film majority black white frequently splashes sequences colour emerge may done symbolic gesture early on becomes bit distraction continually pops later cutting back black white gets confusing becomes tedious interference anything else film goes onbr br while may fumble bit actions film stays deadon themes page know little nothing about played innocently world exactly same save shady characters teenage years everyone encounters innocent everything innocence it never thought would look full frontal nudity something anything vulgar depraved here truly something marvel at once beautiful innocent even sexually perverted moments film albeit tame compared todays standards innocent angelic feeling them something way mols nude body portrayed strikes different chord nude bodies films feels natural wondrous reason watch film would see spectacular depictions mols body plays bettie pagebr br the reason mol herself page exemplifies s southern belle everyone knows or least imagine despite profession still normal person still looks religious mol plays exactly right amount squeakycleanliness needed make character feel authentically s plays matteroffactness would hardset think mol actually bettie page herselfbr br unfortunately supporting cast little moments shine totally overshadowed mols wonderful performance none anything particularly pleasing none really strength role mol does really fault actors fact much work with many totally recognizable oscarnominee david strathairn in role little close one better performances sarah paulson recent golden globe nominee studio  sunset strip character actor lili taylor would hard set really place performance anything okay none characters really developed really stand character cutouts mol runs loops around picks steam brilliant performancebr br really film worthwhile portrayal nudity gretchen mols excellent performance bettie page everything else bit muddled awkward be work done develop supporting characters blast right story film would much better biographical film stands vehicle mol really rise stratosphere popularity actressbr br 