Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
In 1974, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
Christine (2016) is anchored by Rebecca Hall's extraordinary, nuanced performance as Christine Chubbuck, which is genuinely exceptional and earns its top mark. The ending — a dramatization of the infamous on-air suicide — is handled with restraint and devastating impact, making it one of the more memorable and uncomfortable conclusions in recent biographical drama. The plot is deliberately slow-burn and character-driven, competently structured but not inventive in its storytelling approach. Cinematography is functional and period-appropriate without being visually striking. Novelty is moderate — the subject matter is inherently singular and the film treats it with uncommon dignity and psychological depth, but the biopic form itself is fairly conventional.