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Changeling (2008) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
699 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.91/4 |
# of Ratings: |
244 |
Genres: |
Thriller, Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 10/31/2008 |
DVD Release: |
02/17/2009 |
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Director: |
Clint Eastwood |
Actors: |
Angelina Jolie
John Malkovich
Jeffrey Donovan
Colm Feore
Gattlin Griffith
Devon Conti |
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Plot Outline:
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Based on a true story, a woman's son is kidnapped and returned to her months later. Unfortunately, it's not her son and the corrupt LA police department refuse to admit the mistake.
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mitchellyoung 08/02/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
The premise makes it sound like this is a simple and straightforward story, but it's an emotional tale of a mother's journey for justice. Along the way, there's a fair amount of suspense and intrigue built up, but the film never loses its emotional center in a subtle performance by Angelina Jolie who has never been more vulnerable. |
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Dangus 10/24/2010 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
"Changeling" is a very touching and scary storiy about a single mother who loses her son. She just walks away one afternoon to go to work, and then he is gone. The corrupt police in Los Angeles tries to help her out. But when they finally say that they have found someone, it is the wrong boy. But the police talks her into that is is her real son. And that shows us how the police wanted to gain nothing but good reputation, even by lying to the whole nation which have followed the case during the five months that took.
In the end, they find out that a murderer had taken all the kids, and that he had killed them and digged them down in his backyard. All thanks to one young man.
I give this movie a 4,5 out of 5. It was just brilliant. |
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02/29/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"Changeling" by Yojimbo |
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Changeling is the true story of a young mother in 1920s America whose son goes missing, but when the wrong boy is returned to her she is persecuted by a corrupt police force trying to avoid public embarrassment. Another beautifully crafted and intelligent drama from Clint Eastwood, Changeling is quite an unbelievable story. It highlights the dreadful, uncaring hypocrisy of corrupt officials, the appalling treatment of the mentally ill of the time, not to mention those "hysterical" women who were committed to avoid embarrassment or inconvenience. The period is meticulously recreated and the plot combines the story of a woman unshakably seeking justice against enormous odds and the investigation into a harrowing serial killer case. The cast are all of course quality, apart from the fact tha... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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08/04/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Where's My Son!? |
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Clint Eastwood has finally done something that I've liked. With very little appeal to me, I went, knowing full well that I was going to see a film directed by the Oscar-hungry Clint Eastwood. What a tool. But I went, nonetheless, and I was stunned, actually stunned.
Sitting next to two very good friends, we became scared, horrified, frustrated, happy, depressed, enraged, and everything else in between while a hunt for a child turned into something larger and even more ominous. You at once feel sorry for the police officers for their plight, but then root against them as they torture a young mother who has lost everything in having her son kidnapped by a deranged killer.
You feel enraged when the child returned to her is not willing to admit the mistake in order to help, but are ... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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07/30/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Clint Eastwoods Direction Masterpiece |
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Angelina Jolie makes a true return to form and gives the performance of her career as Christine Collins, a mother whose case made national attention in the late 1920s: her son kidnapped, he is found months later, but upon seeing the child, Christine realizes that he is not her son. The case smashed apart the Los Angeles Police Department and revealed much of the corruption and greed prevalent. A heartbreaking drama, Clint Eastwood has given us a powerful film, one that is sadly underrated and has not achieved a bigger audience despite the fact that it was advertised fairly well. Those who have not gotten a chance to see this film, I urge them all to see it. The experience is more than just simply rewarding.Filled with beautiful performances—from Angelina Jolie as the tortured mother, John... |
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3/4 |
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