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Christine

The shocking true story that changed the face of television.

2016 · 2h 3m · R Drama
Directed by Antonio Campos

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Overview

In 1974, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.

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88%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The narrow scope and narrow determinism of the action in "Christine" is unfortunately matched by the narrow-albeit immensely skillful and committed-acting that Campos elicits from Hall.

Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh

Rich in dramatic detail and psychological insight, the film approaches its protagonist with genuine concern.

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

By turns coolly observed and disquietingly compassionate - qualities that also describe Rebecca Hall's brilliant central performance - the movie drifts alongside its subject, Charon-like, through the hell of her last weeks.

Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

A great performance does not necessarily make for great tragedy, and "Christine" remains mired in the minutiae of its portrait of a doomed, bitter young woman.

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh

Hall is both eccentric and touching as a promising, complicated and needy woman on the edge of her personal abyss.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

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