EPISODE
SEASON
Betty - Season 1
Skateboarding is a game that more well known for the men than women. In this satire series, we follow a gathering of young ladies who choose to work on skateboarding. In any case, they need to confront numerous troubles.
5 June 1990, San Francisco, California, USA
22 February 1949, New York City, New York, USA
5 May 1971, Berkeley, California, USA
April 27, 2020
The show often feels more like a documentary than a scripted show. But it is, and an especially well-plotted one given that it only has six episodes to give everyone a decently satisfying arc.
May 01, 2020
Effortlessly cool, BETTY grounds itself in its rebellious roots.
April 29, 2020
The style is vérité, the stunts are hair-raising... But this "Betty" is mostly just funny, with a memorable cast.
April 29, 2020
"Betty" may be imperfect, but it is incredibly refreshing in its girl power politics.
April 29, 2020
Some viewers may complain Betty goes nowhere, or moves too muddily. I found its languor soothing, an emancipating celebration of femme self-acceptance.
April 30, 2020
By focusing on the dynamic between characters instead of teenage romance, Moselle and company have successfully done away with the failings of their previous collaboration.
April 29, 2020
Is it possible that young skater girls will tune into "Betty" just to see themselves represented on screen? Maybe. Their real lives, though, are surely more interesting than this.
April 20, 2020
Betty nicely expands the Skate Kitchen universe with a dramedy that is an authentic and endearing look at sisterhood and the trials of burgeoning adulthood.
April 29, 2020
These conversations, culled from real life, the type that really blur the line between acting and observing fully formed characters in their natural habitats, expand on the movie and offer an immersive, cathartic hangout.
May 01, 2020
More observational than dramatic, it is filmed with enormous panache, in a vivid style that contrasts with the mostly mundane group conversations among the characters.
April 30, 2020
A spontaneous and deeply sincere drama about living and skating freely.
May 01, 2020
It's Larry Clark's Kids without the rebel fetishism and suffocating nihilism. Mostly, though, Betty is a tribute to these women who Moselle adores, and who wants you to adore as much as she does.