Tight editing and some decent scares make this one of the better King adaptations.
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05/06/08
Christine (1983)
67 %
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Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 14
Rotten:7
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling Stephen King novel, CHRISTINE is a dark and violent film about the dangers of obsession. When a unpopular young man, Arnie (Keith Gordon), buys a vintage car to restore, it changes his life completely. The more he... [More]
Starring: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Alexandra Paul
Director: John Carpenter
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Reviews for Christine
This deja vu premise [from the novel by Stephen King] combined with the crazed vehicle format, makes Christine appear pretty shop-worn.
09/24/07
Top Critic Boils down to another average adaptation of one of the increasingly weak Stephen King novels that hit Hollywood like a bad rash in 1983.
09/24/07
Carpenter's thematic self-consciousness can't entirely overcome a shaky dramatic structure that sacrifices character logic to increasingly meaningless thrills.
09/24/07
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Off the page, a 1958 Plymouth is no more scary than the St Bernard which romped through Cujo.
02/09/06
This is the kind of movie where you walk out with a silly grin, get in your car, and lay rubber halfway down the Eisenhower.
10/23/04
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Top Critic Christine doesn't distinguish itself alongside director John Carpenter's high points.
11/07/02
[Stephen] King has created some engaging characters, and Carpenter has done a decent job with the film’s casting.
02/13/01
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