I'll tell you why so serious

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Fresh and Exciting

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Sorry, I wanted to be interested in this movie, but it was boring about a boring person. The only thing "interesting" about her, is that she committed suicide on national television. She was boring with terrible delivery skills (if the portrayal is accurate). She was never going to burn up the charts. They way she's played by the actress doesn't help. She's obviously trying to imitate her in some way with this odd, droning voice which sounds fake. The wig is also terrible. Christine may have been a loved and lovely person to the people who knew her, but frankly, filming her life and making a movie of it would be like filming mine. Who gives a happy crap? A film of me going to work and being annoyed by my idiot bosses and doing some nice stuff for kids would bore everyone on this planet (including me). Very nice, but not interesting. Neither my life to others or hers to me.The background music was annoying. I hate when movies based in the 70's constantly have the music or sitcoms from that era playing in the background, loudly, drowning out dialogue. We get it. It's the 70's. Now turn off the dial. We can see the cloths, hairstyles, awful makeup, cars, and crappy, ugly furniture. We get it already. Play some of the music from that period during the opening and closing credits. Every once in a while in the movie, play a few bars, but this movie laid it on thick, which tells me it was desperate. Maybe because in reality, she was boring, had a crappy job like the rest of us, and zero personality on TV?BTW she may have been depressed, may have had bipolar disorder, but I'm seeing Asperger's.Interesting note, she died a virgin, had a love interest who died in a car accident. He was Jewish and apparently her dad was vehemently opposed. Her brother also hated her crush at the office. The tape is in safekeeping and never will be shown as it was never recorded on VHS and the family (smart move) took legal action to keep it out of the hands of the pubic. (This according to a recent interview with her brother.*)The suicide scene was anticlimactic in a movie that was anticlimactic from the first scene. In a way, it was done well as they could have entirely exploited it by showing in it slow motion, up close, repeating it and they did none of that. I do wonder if ruined by years of watching fake deaths on TV, seeing someone shoot themselves, who actually did it in real life and it doesn't register says something really awful about a society that does love blood and guts. Don't blame the media. Blame us. We got just want we asked for. Think about it. *Tip to family, if you have a troubled family member, butting in their business about love interests doesn't help someone who already had poor social skills. We know you mean well, but you only isolate an already isolated person with difficulties relating to people further. What are they going to do when you die? Live and let live. And don't be so selfish. It's not your life. It's theirs.Sorry Christine...I'm sure you were lovely, but your life was boring.

Holy Sh#t. The film is impressive. Not from a storyline or budget angle but from a directing stand point. I literally went to IMDb while watching the film just to look up who directed it- because I wanted to put more of his film-catalog on my must watch list. I have a feeling this film will get him noticed. He captures the 70s era perfectly and does what few directors really know how to do, use character development within the confines of the story. Plus the camera angles, lighting and etc are completely on point. I could go on and on. What's his name directed the heck out of this movie and I can not wait to see more from him. The lead actress does an incredible job as well. You can tell she has a lot of respect for her craft. I could go on and on but I have like 20 other films I need to review.

I went into this film knowing nothing about it. After the film finished, I was speechless. I couldn't believe this was a true story and I spent the next two hours researching it on Google. Rebecca Hall gives the performance of her life as Christine Chubbuck. Rebecca Hall commits to the character of Christine every moment of the way as we feel Christine's depression, her sadness, her frustration, her soul (which is going down a downward spiral as she already has been going down that path for many years now) and we go along on the full journey with Christine throughout the film and it's only because Rebecca Hall committed so well to the character. Rebecca Hall should have been nominated for everything for her portrayal of Christine. It's really a shame that Ms. Hall didn't get nominated for a SAG Award, a Golden Globe, or an Academy Award, nothing. Once you see this film you will also wonder why she didn't get nominated. Ms. Hall is absolutely sensational as Christine. See this film for Rebecca Hall's performance, you won't be disappointed.

Christine's story is a depressing one, and 99% of the audience knows what's going to happen at the end. So the director has to be exceptional to hold our interest and keep the drama, but he fails at both. The character Christine is pretty depressed and a little weird/unstable from the very beginning. There's no watching her fall into depression; she's already there. That detracts A LOT from any character development we may want to see. Instead, we see someone depressed during the beginning, middle, and end. No changes. Boring. He director tells her to go cover a big dangerous fire, but she disobeys and instead chooses to cover a minor boundary dispute between two counties. She also talks to herself and pretends to interview people. Yes, she is THAT boring, and this movie follows suit.