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Jean-Hugues Anglade, Beatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo de Havilland, Clémentine Célarié ... see more see more... , Vincent Lindon , Jacque Mathou , Claude Confortes , Philippe Laudenbach , Raoul Billerey , Claude Aufaure , André Julien , Nathalie Dalyan , Louis Bellanti , Bernard Robin , Nicolas Jalowyj , Dominique Besnehard

Jean-Jacques Beineix's Betty Blue stars Béatrice Dalle as the title character, a mentally unbalanced and sexually aggressive free spirit who becomes involved with Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a repairm... read more read more...an moonlighting as a writer. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds Zorg's book and is aggressively supportive; over time, her mental and emotional instability begin to catch up with her and drive her to the point of romantic obsession with Zorg -- leading to a grisly and shocking conclusion. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 1 min.

Directed by: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Release Date: April 9, 1986

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DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004

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  • SirPant
    April 11, 2011
    SirPant
    An almost dream-like love story of passion and tragedy, Betty Blue is haunting in it's beauty and heartbreaking in its revelation of what it means to truly love someone. It's very of it's time but it's also timeless, if that makes any sense at all. The acting is great and the cin... read moreematography is beautiful, It is a little naughty in places but it shouldn't be seen only for its saucy reputation, it is a long film but it never drags and to be honest, it would have been lazy not to have given it the three hours it deserves. Betty Blue is something very special indeed, seeing so many off the cuff and impertinent remarks about 'Typical Art-house French films' angers me somewhat, don't be so bloody ignorant and if three hours is too long for you, there is plenty of crap out there for you. Grrr. Anyway, rant over, if this sounds like your kind of film, don't hesitate and watch it now, if it doesn't, why are we friends again?
  • pier007
    October 16, 2010
    pier007
    Singular and extravagant characters driven by their most basic instincts. living love, lust and insanity to its fullest. Pictorially and musically beautiful. A feast for the senses when you have a wacky sense of humour and a weak spot for stories of intense couples in a vital quest.
  • garyX
    February 16, 2007
    garyX
    Unbelievably grim but archetypal doomed romance movie that reeks of French arthouse. Beautiful to look at, and Beatrice Dalle is both captivating and heartbreaking as the deeply troubled Betty.
  • lesleyanorton
    May 15, 2011
    lesleyanorton
    Beatrice Dalle was a pin-up on many an 80's adolescent wall after this, her first role as the gorgeous, nubile, wild, flaky Betty. Twenty five years later and the film still holds up, looking like it was made yesterday, with the added bonus of being able to google Dalle at the e... read morend and find out the sheninigans she's been getting up to ever since. A must-see once in your life, preferably when adolescent.

  • DrLappos
    July 17, 2007
    DrLappos
    Typically obtuse french film...But watchable
  • vkelman
    May 18, 2011
    vkelman
    A really good and touching movie, despite being extremely long (more than 3 hours in director's uncut version I saw on Amazon VOD.) Very erotic and quite explicit, but far from being stupid. I really like the work of all participated artists, but main characters played by Beatric... read moree Dalle and Jean-Hugues Anglade are just great.
  • pontxo
    April 7, 2010
    pontxo
    Although the set design was amazingly done, it does not make a whole film. I heard much about this movie and had been told vehemently to watch it, that it was in the realms of the films I'd like, maybe I waited too long to do so, and when i saw it I did not think much of it.

    The... read more film tends to take a tangent path and focus more on the obsession from both character to one another by over doing sex scenes and full frontal nudity. Maybe they try to compensate with excessive sex, nudity and teenage-like shit-fits for Beatrice Dalle's terrible and even atrocious acting.

    Yes, I understand it's a "fantasy", an allegory of a passionate relationship between two odd-ball French quasi-poetical beings, but it does not make-up for a terribly written, acted and henceforth, directed film.

    I wonder what the original and shorter version is like, because if Jean-Jacques Beineix tried to repair anything to it by elongating it to a 3 hour torturous piece, he sure as hell failed in the attempt.

    A movie that'll be enjoyed by teens and young adults interested in French obtuse, dense, and pretentious films, as well as for those who believe in the "French films are better" myth.
  • theSwitchbladeSister
    September 26, 2008
    theSwitchbladeSister
    Fascintaing and tragic love story. Brilliantly acted, perhaps a bit overlong, although it doesn't drag by any means. Just takes a bit of patience -- but the end result is well worth it.
  • mjfaulkner
    March 1, 2007
    mjfaulkner
    A crazy French subtitled love story. Explicit scenes -- so stay away if you're offended by that stuff.
  • granpretender
    October 30, 2006
    granpretender
    No me gusta tanto como la primera vez que la vi. Pero Beatrice Dalle sigue siendo bellisima y altamente besable. Tiene escenas memorables y mucho colorido. La primera escena esta sensacional. La música sigue tatuada en mi cerebro. Alguien me ayuda a quitarla?

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Colin Covert
July 24, 2009
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

A playful, meandering, somewhat confusing tale that hangs together as a portrait of demented love. Full Review

Melissa Anderson
June 10, 2009
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice

Curvy, ripe Dalle, only 21 at the time and in her first screen role, completely commits to the part. Full Review

David Edelstein
June 8, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

The movie was colorful and swirling and oppressive all at once, and in 1991, Beineix recut it not to slim it down but to add a florid third hour. Full Review

Variety Staff
March 26, 2009
Variety Staff, Variety

Dalle, a model, makes a moving debut as the desperate baby-doll who fails to mold reality to her own conceptions of happiness. Anglade is more introvertedly affecting as the lucidly casual, but devote... Full Review

Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

If Betty Blue teaches us anything -- and there's a good chance it doesn't -- it's that life is full of little mysteries. Full Review

Roger Ebert
October 2, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Love is not the same thing as nudity. This may seem obvious, but I feel it ought to be explained to director Jean-Jacques Beineix. Full Review

Paul Attanasio
October 2, 2002
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post

If Dalle finds with remarkable clarity the one note that her role calls for -- the petulant volcano -- she can't support the existential weight Beineix wants to drop on her. Full Review

Rita Kempley
October 2, 2002
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

Like Zorg, we are bedazzled by Betty's bright eyes, big moue and wild child's ways. Full Review

Peter Keough
October 2, 2002
Peter Keough, Chicago Reader

Perhaps what is least satisfying about Beineix' effort is its implied theme -- that women are mere muses to be addled, suffocated, and sacrificed to revitalize the imaginations of men. Full Review

Fernando F. Croce
November 15, 2009
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

Flows in a lambent pop style, warm to the touch and scarily intimate Full Review

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