Changeling

Watch: Changeling

Unrated

10/24/20082h 21m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ To find her son, she did what no one else dared. ~

Overview:

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$55,000,000.00

Revenue:

$113,400,000.00

Key words:

biography
based on true story
clergyman
child in peril
police corruption
los angeles, california
single mother
street urchin
missing child
mental asylum
mental hospital
shock treatment
1920s
missing son
mother son relationship
desperate woman
disbelieving cop
child abduction
telephone switchboard operator
female hysteria
police coverup
apathetic

Cast

Angelina Jolie

~ as ~

Christine Collins

John Malkovich

~ as ~

Rev. Gustav Briegleb

Jeffrey Donovan

~ as ~

Captain J.J. Jones

Michael Kelly

~ as ~

Detective Lester Ybarra

Colm Feore

~ as ~

Chief James E. Davis

Jason Butler Harner

~ as ~

Gordon Northcott

Amy Ryan

~ as ~

Carol Dexter

Geoff Pierson

~ as ~

S.S. Hahn

Denis O'Hare

~ as ~

Dr. Jonathan Steele

Frank Wood

~ as ~

Ben Harris

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 3 year(s) ago
9
Dark!

'Changeling' is a cracking release from 2008. Angelina Jolie gives a superb performance in the lead role, in a plot that is rather harrowing whilst also being actually incredibly infuriating - as in, the film does a great job at making the antagonists the antagonists.

The cast, spearheaded by Jolie, are excellent. No-one is on her level per se, but there are very good performances from the likes of John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Donovan and Geoff Pierson; kid actor Eddie Alderson also impresses.

I will say that the story wraps up in a quicker manner than I thought it would, though the pacing of the 142 minute run time is in fact one of its positives - even at that length, I feel it could've drawn out the court trial stuff longer; though that may have hindered the pacing, so it's not really a noteworthy criticism of mine at all.

One worth recommending, no doubt!