What The Critics Are Saying

“****…fully establishes the movie’s artistic bona fides… The movie is still an organic whole, its exuberant lovemaking and drunken carousing alternating with a committed relationship’s natural lulls.”
-Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York ...READ MORE>

--New York Magazine Critic’s Pick

 “The movie was colorful and swirling and oppressive all at once…” ...READ MORE>

“BETTY'S back, bigger and bolder than ever.”

-V.A. Musetto, New York Post ...READ MORE>

“A tribute to amour fou…”

-Melissa Anderson, Village Voice ...READ MORE>

“A master of style who manages to turn complex narratives and popcorn action sequences into spectacles of formal beauty…”

-Benjamin Sutton, The L Magazine ...READ MORE>

“Summer isn't only the time for bombs and blockbusters. …it's the time for sexy,romp-filled French classics like Jean-Jacques Beneix's 1986 film Betty Blue.”

-Monika Bartyzel, Cinematical.com ...READ MORE>

“Beiniex… make a one-two punch of erotic candor and emotional extravagance.”

-Armond White, New York Press ...READ MORE>

“…Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1986 Oscar-nominated romantic drama has a legacy that reaches far and wide.”

-Neil Pedley, IFC.com ...READ MORE>

“***…Beineix's camera captures the couple's symbolic struggles with perpetually effective angles and color schemes…”

-Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant Magazine ...READ MORE>

“…[Betty Blue] deserves critical acclaim and notoriety.”

-Joe Bendel, J.B. Spins blogger ...READ MORE>