Storyline
Christine is an ambitious 29-year-old news reporter, in Sarasota, FL, circa 1974. Relentlessly motivated to succeed, she knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 1970s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion, unrequited love for a coworker 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 Christine’s serious brand of issue-based journalism. To accomplish her goals, she must overcome her self-doubt and give the people what they want.
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Cast
Michael C. Hall, Rebecca Hall, Ritchie Montgomery, Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron, Tracy Letts, Kim Shaw, Rachel Hendrix, Kimberley Drummond, John Cullum, Timothy Simons, Morgan Spector, John Newberg, Lindsay Ayliffe, Jayson Warner Smith, Carl Palmer, Susan Pourfar, Angela Ray, Masey McLain, Eric McCrea, Stacy Hall, Bernie Ask, Wayne Hughes
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Reviews
100
In Hall, [Campos] has the perfect actor to convey Chubbuck’s internal struggle in a manner that’s devastating.
100
A magnificent performance from Rebecca Hall is Christine’s clear highlight, but the entire ensemble shines in this stripped-down but deeply sympathetic drama.
90
Far from the austere death march it might threaten to be on paper, this is a thrumming, heartsore, sometimes viciously funny character study, sensitive both to the singularities of Chubbuck’s psychological collapse and the indignities weathered by any woman in a 1970s newsroom.
90
Christine is a fine piece of cinema, not only boasting one of the best performances of the year to date, but also tackling a difficult subject with ample empathy and intelligence.
83
Is Christine voyeuristic, or even exploitative? Very possibly. But it’s also vivid, intense, and artful.
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