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The cracks are starting to show in John Carpenter's directorial instincts, but Christine is nonetheless silly, zippy fun.
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Between the smartest effects and Gordon's canny performance, [Christine] is more diverting than the material probably deserves. January 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Between the smartest effects and Gordon's canny performance, [Christine] is more diverting than the material probably deserves.
Gary Arnold
This deja vu premise [from the novel by Stephen King] combined with the crazed vehicle format, makes Christine appear pretty shop-worn. September 24, 2007 | Full Review…
This deja vu premise [from the novel by Stephen King] combined with the crazed vehicle format, makes Christine appear pretty shop-worn.
Variety Staff
Carpenter's thematic self-consciousness can't entirely overcome a shaky dramatic structure that sacrifices character logic to increasingly meaningless thrills. September 24, 2007 | Full Review…
Carpenter's thematic self-consciousness can't entirely overcome a shaky dramatic structure that sacrifices character logic to increasingly meaningless thrills.
Dave Kehr
Off the page, a 1958 Plymouth is no more scary than the St Bernard which romped through Cujo. February 9, 2006 | Full Review…
Off the page, a 1958 Plymouth is no more scary than the St Bernard which romped through Cujo.
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. October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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.
Roger Ebert
Only a moderately engrossing film. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/5
Only a moderately engrossing film.
Janet Maslin
We don't really care much about its possible perversity nor do we feel any affection for its victims. [Full Review in Spanish] February 18, 2020 | Full Review…
We don't really care much about its possible perversity nor do we feel any affection for its victims. [Full Review in Spanish]
Diego Galán
If the '80s were partially defined by revenge-of-the-nerd narratives, Christine is more about the horror of the geek-id unleashed. September 5, 2019 | Full Review…
If the '80s were partially defined by revenge-of-the-nerd narratives, Christine is more about the horror of the geek-id unleashed.
Adam Nayman
One of the more effective screen treatments of the era, however corny or preposterous it may remain on paper. July 15, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
One of the more effective screen treatments of the era, however corny or preposterous it may remain on paper.
David Keyes
I love Carpenter, and I like Christine well enough, but I'm not as enthusiastic about it as I am about other King films. April 26, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
I love Carpenter, and I like Christine well enough, but I'm not as enthusiastic about it as I am about other King films.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Relatively artless when compared to several other King adaptations around the time (Carrie, The Shining, The Dead Zone) or even with Carpenter's previous picture (1982's career-best The Thing), the film still delivers the goods as entertainment. October 17, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Relatively artless when compared to several other King adaptations around the time (Carrie, The Shining, The Dead Zone) or even with Carpenter's previous picture (1982's career-best The Thing), the film still delivers the goods as entertainment.
Matt Brunson
Christine shows us what great filmmakers can do with flawed material, and how even their greatness can't solve every problem. December 9, 2013 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Christine shows us what great filmmakers can do with flawed material, and how even their greatness can't solve every problem.
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