tsimshotsui Review of Kate Plays Christine

Kate Plays Christine (2016)

Not as compelling or groundbreaking as the filmmakers think it is

[9 March 2017]

I was really excited to watch this film because experimental and meta are keywords that usually make me pay attention. Kate Plays Christine doesn't quite do it for me however. There were good moments, such as finding the people she worked with (there was no info to ground these on though, we just find out someone found them for Kate somehow). Kate preparing to get into Christine's mindset was also interesting to watch, if not then diluted by scenes of her somehow getting too into that mindset that I find myself suddenly questioning whatever is happening. That wig honestly could've been way better and was really distracting, especially at reenactments that also try to blur the lines between what was scripted and what was real. It and some of the acting made it hard to watch and hard to buy. By the end, everything just feels staged, scripted, and aimed to provoke the viewer, and I could not fall for it.