Is "Betty Blue" as great a movie as most people seem to believe? Well...it's amusing at times, erotic at others, but overall the story it tells is so insubstantial that you wonder what exactly compelled Beineix to tell it. The shorter (120 minutes) version also has some huge narrative gaps - but I won't be searching for the three-hour version anytime soon, the movie is already too long as it is. The actors, however, are perfectly cast: Anglade is engaging as the constantly befuddled by Betty's personality hero, and Dalle, while not beautiful in a conventional sense, has a luscious body and sure isn't timid about showing it off (neither is Anglade, for that matter). (**)
Review of Betty Blue
