the notorious bettie page ( 2005 ) direct by represent mary harron star represent gretchen mol and chris bauer and lili taylor and sarah paulson and and david strathairn mpaa rating represent r ( for nudity and sexual content and some language ) it seem a though every celebrity nowadays be get a biopic make about his or her life . from ray charles to johnny cash and biopics be very posh right now . the notorious bettie page be the late of these to be release on dvd . it feature gretchen mol a the world most famous pin up model and bettie page and be film mostly in black and white with certain excerpt in color . unlike ray and walk the line and and find neverland and however and this movie be not go to be one to watch out for at the oscar this year . this movie lack the emotional resonance display in other biopics and most of the more dramatic moment in bettie page life be either completely ignore or only merely suggest . this do not mean and however and that it be a bad movie . in fact and the notorious bettie page be a thoroughly entertaining and fulfilling movie a solid work of cinema . this film focus more on page excite career and the thin line between sexuality and pornography . it be film with fervor and care and mary harron direction capture the look and feel of the time period a most filmmaker only dream about . everyone know bettie page ( play by mol ) . whether you know her a an icon or a simple porn star you know her . she be a woman who have a very profound impact on american culture only by reveal more skin than deemed appropriate at that particular time . now and most people know her a one of america first sex symbols a legend to many model and especially those of playboy and other adult orient magazine . she live in a time when show just an inch of flesh below the waste could have someone arrest and page bondage style photo be just the thing to push the american public into an uproar . in fact and the photo launch a full fledged senate investigation about common decency and the difference between harmless film and porn . the performance in the notorious bettie page be absolutely wonderful with gretchen mol stand out . her performance a bettie page be simply brilliant . i understand that and when she be announce for the role and many people be skeptical . her name be not one that immediately leap to my mind when i think of great performance . now and it will . she completely ace the role and draw me in with her vulnerable and yet deeply engage performance . david strathairn be fresh off of last year good night and and good luck and in which he give one of 2005 best performance . here and he give yet another fine performance even though he be slightly underused . i be shock at how very limit his screen time be but quality over quantity be always the most important aspect of any good movie . the only performance i have see from lili taylor be that in the haunting ( 1999 ) . while most people ignore the movie and i find it to be an enjoyable and if not completely shallow and horror movie and i also have always think that taylor be perfectly credible a the emotionally distraught nell . here and taylor give yet another credible performance . she give a very subdued performance and deliver the perfect performance to compliment that of gretchen mol . after everything be say and do and i realize that the notorious bettie page can not be compare to other biopics and such a find neverland and walk the line . it be incomparable to these because it tell a story of a woman and her career and from the beginning to the end . her personal life be briefly implied and but it be really her impact on the world that become the high point . we watch the film know that page will eventually bare all and we know the impact that her decision will have but we be rarely show the impact that they will have on her personal life . she be a woman that never look back and could constantly reinvent herself . after all and she be an adult model turn christian missionary . this movie do not over dramatize anything . it could have include fictitious moment of page sob hysterically and beg god to forgive her . it could have show page run and scream through the rain and try to escape the ghost of her past and yet it do not . the notorious bettie page tell a simple story and that be something rare by today standard . fortunately and it be quite refreshing . final thought represent the notorious bettie page be a relaxing movie with absolutely amaze cinematography . overall rating represent positive ( a ) .