Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the yo... uth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power?
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Playing the anguished mother of a missing child, Angelina Jolie is incarcerated in a mental hospital in a key dramatic sequence of Changeling. This stately-looking film, directed by Clint Eastwood and based on actual events, could also have been called Mom, Interrupted.
It is, above all, a story about the unflagging determination of an ordinary woman, Christine Collins, played by Jolie, and her quest to find her 9-year-old son. But while her tenacity in the face of overwhelming odds is undeniably admirable, the way it plays out is not always compelling. The methodical storytelling leads to flat and even tedious stretches. Parts of the story, mirrored by ...
Jolie brilliant but subject matter too harrowing
This is apparently a true story but the crimes are so heinous I don't think the subject matter is suitable for the big screen. I certainly found this film quite disturbing. Is Clint Eastwood really so arrogant (or shallow?) that he thought he could recreate the tragedy of this story? The whole approach is so American too - the trial scenes at the end where the LAPD are brought to justice (small reward for the mother given the circumstances). Was this ending supposed to make us feel better?
Admittedly Jolie was brilliant but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone wanting to relax with a film. If you want to be upset why not just turn on the radio and listen to the news?
YES, ANG CAN ACT... SHE HAS AN OSCAR, DON'T YOU KNOW...
La Jolie is brilliant at kicking butt, no doubt about it. Yet it is easy to forget that behind the action stylings of Lara Croft, Wanted's Fox or loooong time ago (but unfortunately not forgotten) Gone In 40 Seconds hides a seriously talented actress. After all, Angelina did win an Academy Award for a brilliant performance in Girl, Interrupted.
There are shadows of just that film to be found in Changeling, of course. But the leading lady's powerful performance during an enforced stint in a Psychiatric Hospital is by no means the only strong point of this Clint Eastwood directed, true story gut wrencher.
Eastwood is a seasoned director, established and respected for the ...
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Great directing, producing, and acting among a wonderful cast of talent for a haunting but moving true story; much better than what I expected, and I wish I hadn't waited so long to watch it.
very excellent acting and script. i like that its a true story. that made it very sad! angie is such a wonderful actress! its very sad, scary and upsetting that there are really people like that in the world - the police and the bad guy - that you have to watch out for. and kudos to the real christine collins for sticking to her guns and never giving up!!
The sad part is that its a trrue story..This is a movie you shoudnt miss u have to see it,,very recomended and very worth watching..Very touching and depressing..i loved this movie..WATCH IT !
