Christine (2016)

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Critic Consensus: Rising on the strength of Rebecca Hall's gripping performance, Christine offers an empathetic look at its subject's public career and painful private life.

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Rebecca Hall stars in director Antonio Campos' third feature film, CHRISTINE, the story of a woman who finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a spiraling personal life and career crisis. Christine, 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 constantly butting heads with her boss (Tracy Letts ), who pushes for juicier stories that will drive up ratings. Plagued by self-doubt and a tumultuous home life, Christine's diminishing hope begins to rise when an on-air co-worker (Michael C. Hall) initiates a friendship which ultimately becomes yet another unrequited love. Disillusioned as her world continues to close in on her, Christine takes a dark and surprising turn. Based on true events, Campos' intimate and sensitive portrait of a woman on the brink is grounded by Hall's impeccable and transformative performance as Christine. Rounding out the supporting cast are superlative performances by Michael C. Hall ("Dexter"), Tracy Letts ("Homeland," Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright), Maria Dizzia ("Orange Is The New Black"), Timothy Simons ("Veep") and J. Smith-Cameron (MARGARET). Directed by Antonio Campos ("Simon Killer," "AfterSchool"). Written by Craig Shilowich. Produced by Shilowich & Melody C. Roscher ("The WonderClub"). Executive Produced by Sean Durkin & Josh Mond (Borderline Films) and Robert Halmi Jr. & Jim Reeve (Great Point Media).
Rating:
R (for a scene of disturbing violence and for language including some sexual references)
Genre:
Drama
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Written By:
In Theaters:
 limited
Box Office:
$13,418.00
Runtime:
Studio:
Borderline Films

Cast

Rebecca Hall
as Christine Chubbuck
Michael C. Hall
as George Peter Ryan
Tracy Letts
as Michael
Maria Dizzia
as Jean Reed
J. Smith-Cameron
as Peg Chubbuck
Timothy C. Simons
as Steve Turner
Kim Shaw
as Andrea Kirby
John Cullum
as Bob Andersen
Morgan Spector
as Doctor Parsons
Lindsay Ayliffe
as Capt. Frank Basil
Susan Pourfar
as Miranda
Rachel Hendrix
as Crystal
David Foster
as Bandaged Man
John Newberg
as Marvin
Susie Spear Purcell
as Mrs. Nelson
Ian Covell
as Darren Spazzio
Theresa O'Shea
as Miss Maisie
Wayne Hughes
as Tourism Advocate
Sherry Davis
as Strawberry Enthusiast
Carl Palmer
as Sponser
Lane Morris
as Doris
Rebecca Koon
as Margaret
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Critic Reviews for Christine

All Critics (48) | Top Critics (21)

Grim, timely, but not quite fully thought through ...

Full Review… | October 19, 2016
Boston Globe
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Christine has every chance of going wrong-of courting, wittingly or not, the interest of gruesome curiosity seekers. But this is a case where one performance can make all the difference-and Rebecca Hall's does.

Full Review… | October 19, 2016
TIME Magazine
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The movie gets to you: It's absorbing and uncomfortable at the same time, as if it were giving you a glimpse at the unknowable.

Full Review… | October 19, 2016
Miami Herald
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Striding through this, and commanding almost every scene, is Rebecca Hall, who earns our sympathy, as the best actors do, by steeling herself not to plead for it.

Full Review… | October 16, 2016
New Yorker
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There are questions of exploitation that nag throughout, as well as a queasy feeling that we the audience are participating in exploiting this troubled woman all over again.

Full Review… | October 14, 2016
RogerEbert.com
Top Critic

Hall gives us Chubbuck in all her vehement contradictoriness.

Full Review… | October 14, 2016
Christian Science Monitor
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Christine = Network minus Broadcast News divided by Nightcrawler. Rebecca Hall has never been better.

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