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  • 2016
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  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 59 m
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Summary Christine (Rebecca Hall), always the smartest person in the room at her local Sarasota, Florida news station, feels like she is destined for bigger things and is relentless in her pursuit of an on-air position in a larger market. As an aspiring newswoman with an eye for nuance and an interest in social justice, she finds herself constant...

Directed By: Antonio Campos

Written By: Craig Shilowich

  • 2016
  • R
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 59 m

Christine

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 47 User Ratings
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Summary Christine (Rebecca Hall), always the smartest person in the room at her local Sarasota, Florida news station, feels like she is destined for bigger things and is relentless in her pursuit of an on-air position in a larger market. As an aspiring newswoman with an eye for nuance and an interest in social justice, she finds herself constant...

Directed By: Antonio Campos

Written By: Craig Shilowich

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
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12% Mixed
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3% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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12% Mixed
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3% Negative
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100
Jan 26, 2016
A magnificent performance from Rebecca Hall is Christine’s clear highlight, but the entire ensemble shines in this stripped-down but deeply sympathetic drama.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
88
Nov 3, 2016
It’s Hall’s performance that jolts Christine, carrying the movie on her slumped shoulders.
By Moira Macdonald FULL REVIEW

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72% Positive
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17% Mixed
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martincm1910
Jan 26, 2017
Rebecca Hall's performance has left me speechless. An incredible actress portraying a disturbed journalist who doesn't understand the world she's living in.
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katezoe
Feb 18, 2023
A gem of small independent film. Very sad story of mental illness. Rebecca Hall gives an incredible performance.
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80
Feb 6, 2017
Impeccably played by Rebecca Hall, this is a thoughtful reflection on life’s casual cruelties and how little attitudes towards women have changed since Watergate.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 10, 2016
Christine is a movie as bleak and withdrawn as its protagonist, with Hall making the most of her best role in years, a slow death spiral that's hard to look away from.
By Steve Persall FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 12, 2016
While Christine the movie may leave you in a coldly analytical space about sad people — even its dollops of humor have a chilliness — Christine the woman stays with you, thanks to a career-best performance from Hall that’s stark, thoughtful, and mesmerizing.
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Oct 14, 2016
Christine, centered on a riveting and at times unbearably emotional performance by Rebecca Hall, attempts to give a three-dimensional and respectful-yet-honest portrait of a complex woman. Sometimes the film is successful in this, sometimes it's not.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
25
Oct 10, 2016
It largely fails to animate Christine Chubbuck's inner turmoil, focusing instead on broad, blunt externalities.
By Matt Brennan FULL REVIEW
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Thomass
May 27, 2017
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Brent_Marchant
Nov 19, 2016
A riveting, albeit troubling portrait of an ambitious but disturbed woman's descent into madness who puts it all on display on live TV. Rebecca Hall gives an Oscar-worthy breakthrough performance in director Antonio Campos's biography of a south Florida television reporter seeking to get her life and career together while wrestling with a host of psychological issues. Not an easy film to watch, but one that's difficult to take your eyes off of -- not unlike the work produced by the protagonist herself.
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iCronic
Aug 9, 2017
I liked this better than Kate plays Christine because ist an actual film, Rebecca Hall is great. The D would have saved her
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Benkoko11
Feb 23, 2017
Rebecca Hall gives a career performance in Christine; a true tale investigating the ill-fated anchor's psychological isolation and decay as well as the the challenges facing any woman in a 1970s workspace.
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TVJerry
Nov 11, 2016
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company BorderLine Films, Fresh Jade, The Wonder Club
Release Date Oct 14, 2016
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating R
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Tagline The shocking true story that changed the face of television.
Website https://www.facebook.com/ChristineFilm
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Torino Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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