the first two third of this biopic of fetish model betty page be very interesting . betty and a portray with enormous sincerity by gretchen mol and come across a a pleasant and girl next door type and who saw nothing wrong with what she do ( and there certainly wasn not anything wrong with it ) . director mary harron and who also make i shot andy warhol and american psycho and recreate betty america by mix old black and white stock footage with new and degraded and black and white footage . once betty land in florida and start work with bunny yeager and color be introduce . betty notoriety be mostly the result of her work with paula and irving klaw ( lili taylor and in a great performance and and chris bauer ) and as well a john willie ( jared harris ) . the scene where harron recreate betty bondage photography session be fascinate and adroitly execute . the early purveyor of fetish material be not portray too condescendingly and we get a sense that these folk be part of a tight community . betty never have too much of a problem with her notoriety and although we get the impression that her reputation prevent her from gain legitimacy in the straight acting world . because the film third act be virtually non existent and we be leave with the impression that we have be watch a feature length documentary on betty page rather than a structured drama . flaws aside and it a film well worth catch and represent yet another fine feather in the cap of producer christine vachon .