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Christine

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88% Tomatometer 128 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
In Sarasota, Fla., circa 1974, an ambitious, 29-year-old reporter is relentlessly motivated to succeed. She knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the '70s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, a story firmly at odds with her serious brand of issue-based journalism.
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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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Kristen Lopez Culturess 11/20/2017
Campos' film is a clinging, yearning look at one woman's mad desire for acceptance. Go to Full Review Adam Nayman Cinema Scope 09/28/2017
A perfect exemplar of a bad good movie, Antonio Campos' Christine traps (an excellent) Rebecca Hall in a series of impeccably composed frames as the famously ill-fated Sarasota local news anchor Christine Chubbuck. Go to Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online 03/22/2017
B+
It's a haunting reflection on the hopefulness of feminism for the 1970s working woman, which is also uncomfortably effective. And while Christine's death is a part of the conclusion of the narrative, it doesn't define it. Go to Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/18/2023
It was far more compelling than I expected, and a definite evolution in Campos’ flexibility as a filmmaker; whatever its flaws, I never knew what would happen next, and that’s rare. Go to Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/19/2022
4/5
Subtly the film grows more unnerving with each step forward. Campos methodically puts together the pieces of this story, and it’s tough to endure knowing the tragic finale that lies ahead. Go to Full Review Victoria Luxford City AM 02/21/2022
4/5
A compassionate portrait thats far more nuanced than the headlines surrounding the story would suggest. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jason S @queebo Feb 21 I gave up after 1:10. There isn't really a hook early in the movie or an ark or interesting things about the main character to latch on to. See more Carlos I @carlosFibarra 09/14/2024 Rebecca Hall is fantastic in this award-worthy performance. It's a haunting exploration of a person who is just desperate for connection and acceptance. It's a tragic tale that needed to be told. See more Steve C @RT19610513 08/24/2024 Based on a true story about mental illness See more Jeffrey P @vanillavoodoo1 03/25/2024 There was absolutely no story and not much to the titular character in the first half. The story needed to be told for obvious reasons, and that became clear in the second half where the performance of the main character's downward spiral becomes more captivating. If someone went into this blind, I can see how they might not think much of it. She was basically an ordinary person doing an ordinary job in an ordinary life where nothing out of the ordinary happened, and this film was just about the same... until the ending. See more Joshua m @Flameon 11/29/2023 Rebecca Hall is fantastic. I had no idea that this was biographical. It's an amazing movie where the story of Christine Chubbock feels like a personal loss. I also feel a little guilty because the character seemed slightly comical in her neuroticism and made me laugh a bit. But maybe that is okay. See more Nathalie D @RT21687114 11/25/2023 Rebecca Hall is stunning in her role. It's painful to see her caracter evolve throughout the movie. See more Read all reviews
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Antonio Campos

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Rebecca Hall

Christine Chubbuck

Michael C. Hall

George Ryan

Tracy Letts

Michael

Maria Dizzia

Jean Reed

J. Smith-Cameron

Peg Chubbuck

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Movie Info

Synopsis In Sarasota, Fla., circa 1974, an ambitious, 29-year-old reporter is relentlessly motivated to succeed. She knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the '70s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, a story firmly at odds with her serious brand of issue-based journalism.
Director
Antonio Campos
Producer
Melody Roscher, Craig Shilowich
Screenwriter
Craig Shilowich
Distributor
The Orchard
Production Co
The Orchard, Borderline Films, Great Point Media, Fresh Jade
Rating
R (Language|A Scene of Disturbing Violence|Some Sexual References)
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 14, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$298.5K
Runtime
1h 59m