Christine

Christine is 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.

Alas, Christine, as on its release — although meticulously shot and edited by the director, John Carpenter — is troubled by a single insuperable problem. The car just isn’t scary.

Cinematically, the possibilities are enormous and Carpenter is equal to the occasion. Some of the visuals are eye-popping.

If the '80s were partially defined by revenge-of-the-nerd narratives, Christine is more about the horror of the geek-id unleashed.

Between the smartest effects and Gordon's canny performance, [Christine] is more diverting than the material probably deserves.

Proves Carpenter's mastery of both mood and the widescreen frame.

John Carpenter does a workmanlike job on this King adaptation, which suffers from thin characters (especially the female "lead"). Still the car has a ton of personality and the homoeroticism between the boys is welcome

...a watchable yet rarely enthralling adaptation of Stephen King’s superior (and decidedly overlong) 1983 novel...

Christine offers a nuanced and aesthetically vibrant counterpoint to nostalgia-laden films of the mid-1980s.

A first-rate horror film that absolutely nails King’s nostalgic small-town aesthetic while doing a superb job of actually making an engaging thriller out of an evil car.