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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.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
Indeed, the film flies by and feels weightless, like a spectacular rainbow-colored hydrogen balloon that passes out of our memory the moment we lose sight of it.
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The New York Times by Janet Maslin
Too often, Betty Blue has the posturing good looks of a fashion spread and nothing more.
75
Slant Magazine by Joseph Jon Lanthier
If only Beineix could have imagined an existence for his star-crossed protagonists beyond the source material (the question of whether successful maternity would have sobered Betty yelps for an impossible sequel), he may have managed a sultry masterpiece.
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Washington Post by Paul Attanasio
An extraordinarily sensual movie with its own silly integrity.
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Washington Post by Rita Kempley
Like Zorg, we are bedazzled by Betty's bright eyes, big moue and wild child's ways.
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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Betty Blue is a movie about Beatrice Dalle's boobs and behind, and everything else is just what happens in between the scenes where she displays them.