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Christine

John Carpenter's Christine

1983

John Carpenter

Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Harry Dean Stanton ...

6.2

17,223

Horror. Fantasy She was born in Detroit…on an automobile assembly line. But she is no ordinary automobile. Deep within her chassis lives an unholy presence. She is Christine -- a red and white Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes an evil, indestructible vengeance that will destroy anyone in her way. She seduces 17-year-old Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) who becomes consumed with passion for her sleek, rounded, chrome-laden body. She ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is, of course, utterly ridiculous. But I enjoyed it anyway. The movies have a love affair with cars, and at some dumb elemental level we enjoy seeing chases and crashes (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The early parts of the film are engaging and well acted, creating a believable high school atmosphere. Unfortunately, the later part of the film is slow in developing, and it unfolds in predictable ways."	NEU
United States	Gary Arnold The Washington Post	"Between the smartest effects and Gordon's canny performance, [Christine] is more diverting than the material probably deserves."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"The special effects (...) are impressive but much too long. Basically, [it] just boils down to another average adaptation of one of the increasingly weak Stephen King novels (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A perfectly enjoyable tale of the macabre, which can be read as a satirical parable of that particularly male kind of arrested development which manifests itself in car obsession (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"It is at least a well-made, well-played, satisfyingly gruesome thoroughly ordinary picture (...) Very of-its-time horror that is pretty ordinary but does the job (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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