Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Colm Feore
A mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers.
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009
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Flixster Reviews (11,432)
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October 28, 2009Changeling 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 Eastwoo...( read more)
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October 27, 2009I think it was Woody Allen who said, "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying."
While I was watching this Clint Eastwood directed biopic, I kept thinking that 100 years from now, on a TV station like TCM, they'll be able to do
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September 27, 2009Clint Easwood has delivered a gut-wrenching masterpiece. There is absolutely nothing that does not work in this film. The cinematography, the score, the script, the direction, the acting- all perfectly executed. The story itself is gripping, intriguing and most haunting.
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November 4, 2009Love Clint Eastwood. Great director with the famous Angelina Jolie and John malkovich, I guess I expect too much, a little bit disappointed, didn't truly touched me. Jolie acted well as a mother, sometimes I started to feel what she felt and suddenly the scence just changed. It i...( read more)
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November 3, 2009I didn't really fancy Angelina Jolie but surprisingly I was blown away by her perfomance in this movie. Good one.
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November 1, 2009This is instantly a movie classic and I only wish there were more intelligent mainstream films like this these days. A great performance by Jolie and (as you'd expect) beautifully directed by Clint Eastwood. Big thumbs up.
Critic Reviews
November 28, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
October 30, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Changeling is a brilliant, demanding film, a mystery-cum-character study about which we finally have to make up our own minds. full review
October 24, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
Another Oscar-worthy masterpiece from Clint Eastwood. full review
October 24, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
When it works best, Changeling is a feverish and bluntly effective parable of wronged innocence. full review
October 24, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
While the neo-Gothic tale is inherently intriguing, the film should inspire strong emotion, but deliberate pacing and a contained sense of melodrama make it a surprisingly passive experience. full review
October 24, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Normally, Jolie is an actress capable of both intensity and subtlety, but her performance here is too amped up to register as anything more than a star turn. Did nobody notice that the real Angelina h... full review
October 23, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It has not a single unnecessary stylistic flourish. No contrived dramatics. No shocking stunts. full review
October 23, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A mesmerizing film that burns in the memory. full review
October 22, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Changeling isn't just a mess of manipulative attitudes like a Spike Lee film, above all, it's an extremely unpleasant experience. full review
October 20, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The way Eastwood shoves Jolie's suffering in our face is like a threat to the Academy: 'And the Oscar WILL go to ... ' She's a great actress. She doesn't need his domineering chivalry. full review
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April 18, 2009She is so amazing in this movie! Her acting, from her strength of care to her son. AMAZING MOVIE!
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November 27, 2008angelina jolie has always had class she makes the movies great that she plays in shes a powerful actress with lots of talent and potential still even after all the other movies there is still alot more she will surprise and shock us with she plays the parts written for her thats the point of acting she portrays the character that does not reflect on who she is i love angelina jolie no matter what anyone thinks
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September 25, 2008Sounds interesting. I'll probably see it when it comes to DVD though :)
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April 28, 2008You people talk like the actor actually write the parts they play.
Um I believe that is the writers job.
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March 20, 2008I love the time period, the idea for the film seems interesting and ya gotta love Angelina! :)
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January 30, 2008Angelina Jolie has done sex scene in half the movies she's been in. Its not a matter of having 'class'. If she's comfortable with her sexuality and her body she has the right to do it.
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January 29, 2008I have been hearing rumors of this movie of a sex scene w/ agalina is in, i juist hope she has more class
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