The Betsy

1978

Drama

1
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 18% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 18% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 1929 1.9K

automobile industry

Plot summary

Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his grandson's mistress.

Director

Daniel Petrie Photo
Daniel Petrie

Top cast

Maury Cooper Photo
Maury Cooper as Boardmember #3
Paul Rudd Photo
Paul Rudd as Loren Hardeman Jr.
Robert Duvall Photo
Robert Duvall as Loren Hardeman III
Richard Venture Photo
Richard Venture as Mark Sampson
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1.12 GB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
2 hr 5 min
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1920*1080
English 2.0
R
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24 fps
2 hr 5 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Jithin K 3 / 10

Basically a 70s soap opera condensed into two

Basically a 70s soap opera condensed into two hours. There are a lot of sex scenes which if they'd decided to make it a bit more lengthy, could've been a softcore porn. Heck, the 70s porn industry known to be in its golden age would've made a better film out of this same story. The degeneracy of the filthy rich shown might be true but then it should be shown as that or the characters should be given some depth. Here it's neither and it ends up almost hilariously bad. With a stellar cast like Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, etc, the cast is very charming and the actresses also try their best to be way better than what's on paper just with their natural charm and it did work to a point. But the writing is so bad that nothing is enough to salvage this mess and the male actors seemed to know it better as they didn't really try to bring out their acting chops, just their charming side. But when the movie wants the audience to be sympathetic to the characters or want to be invested in their emotions, romance, heartbreak, greed, etc, it comes off as very absurd. The only thing you really feel is disgust but the music and the visual composition are asking to side with those characters. If the film wants us to side with them, it needs to show somewhat relatable aspects for it. When the most charitable thing a character does is give an enormous amount of money to a young girl for sleeping with him without her asking him, it's just absurd, that they expect the audience to be sympathetic to his other actions, however pragmatic and well-intentioned they seem.
Reviewed by CodyZamboni Z 7 / 10

Movie is trashy and campy, But never boring

Movie is trashy and campy, But never boring. Talented cast give their hammy all in this struggle for control of an auto company, Godfather Part 2 type flashback narrative structure works well for this movie.
Reviewed by Ronnie M 1 / 10

This movie was so hard to watch...I really

This movie was so hard to watch...I really like most of the cast. This movie really sucks
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