Changeling

Changeling

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Changeling

Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Colm Feore, Michelle Martin, Michael Kelly

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.

Id: 10956824

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  • November 18, 2009
    it was meh, i like it though but some of the acting was to intense, questioning the kid all hard them making him dig up the bodies lmao
  • November 11, 2009
    Nothing redeeming about the movie, very depressing even more so due to it being a true story. Not one to watch again. Great cast though and performances.
  • October 28, 2009
    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 Eastwoo...( read more)d, 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 that although she turns in in quite a creditable performance, you can never quite forget you are in the presence of Her Jolieness rather than witnessing actual events. The result is leagues ahead of the hand wringing melodrama that missing child stories usually entail and serves both as an intriguing mystery and cautionary tale about human indifference to the suffering of others.
  • October 27, 2009
    I 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

    ...( read more)a tribute to Clint Eastwood that could go on for months. And in between each movie, they'll interview Eastwood about his ideas when he worked on that particular film. That's right, Clint Eastwood will still be alive, and he'll be in his hundred and seventies. Why? Because he's tough? No, because this is my dream vision, and I never ever want Clint Eastwood to die. I want him to keep on making movies for the next several hundred years. Yes, he misses from time to time, but he hits on a high percentage of his projects.

    Angelina Jolie mentioned that after this one wrapped, she got in touch with her agent and said that she'd decided she'll only do films directed by Eastwood from now on. I assume she was joking, but I think I know what she means. This film, like most of Eastwood's biopics, is excellent. Eastwood has a nearly magic touch, especially when he is working with "true" material, that gives a tremendous life energy to the work. This one is right up there in the Eastwood tradition that includes movies like Byrd, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and Flags of Our Fathers. Some critics call it self-indulgence -- that Eastwood sacrifices a disciplined straight structured shot to the end, opting for a kind of leisurely gander at all the other stories along the way to the final rolling of the credits. I've called that not an undisciplined leisureliness, but a powerful kind of jazz improvisation. If it is sefl-indulgence, hey, he's earned it.

    Why spend so much time on the mass murderer's story here? Why? Because it's just as important as the story of his victims and their relatives. It's a beautiful weave -- one of Eastwood's fortes -- that becomes almost self-referentially obvious in the staccato cutback's between the hearing and the trial.

    I think Woody Allen would agree: For his contributions past, present, and future, I want Clint Eastwood to live forever.

  • September 27, 2009
    Clint 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.
  • December 23, 2009
    Rather focussing on the horrible crimes of the Chicken Coop Murders, Eastwood takes us on the emotional journey of Christine Collins and her missing son. Jolie is terrific in the role and is very believable. Supporting cast also do a great job. The film is rather slow but I found...( read more) the pace to be suitable.
  • December 20, 2009
    Very strong performance by Angelina Jolie, kept me interested throughout, I had imagined this would be very slow moving but it was not.
  • December 19, 2009
    Changeling es un poderoso y desgarrador drama policial de época dirigido por Clint Eastwood y protagonizado por Angelina Jolie.

    En esta película se muestra la historia real de una madre que, tras la desaparición de su hijo medio año atrás, recibe de la policía de los ánge...( read more)les a un niño que no conoce y del que tiene que declarar ante todos que es su hijo, y que si no lo reconocía no era más que confusión.

    En esta película, que pudo haber permanecido en el promedio, se tratan teman reales para el mundo en que vivimos y, a pesar de cierta inconsistencia en la trama y en el trabajo de edición, se pueden apreciar bien.
    El primer mensaje, y el más obvio, es una crítica hacia la corrupción política y policiaca, donde los servidores públicos olvidan el profundo sentido humano de su labor; pero también tenemos en Angelina Jolie a la figura de la mujer; fuerte, sensible e inquebrantable y que ante los ojos de todos termina siendo poco más que un hombre sin lógica y cegado por sus sentimientos; y es que no es difícil notar que la sociedad moderna ha encasillado tanto a hombres como a mujeres en roles que los limitan y los hacen víctimas de prejuicio, pues es cierto que los hombres y las mujeres son distintos, pero son estas diferencias las que llevan a cada ser humana hacia la plenitud.
    Además se nos muestra la subjetividad de la psiquiatría tradicional, donde se nos enseña que cada persona que piense diferente está enferma y debe ser tratada como tal.

    La historia nos va mostrando tema por tema mientras avanza y, aunque no forman un conjunto, tanto el argumento como el mensaje funcionan bien; el problema recae en que mientras la reflexión sobre estos temas ya terminó, la película continua desenvolviéndose y es así como los errores que al principio pasaban desapercibidos se empiezan a hacer notorios (banda sonora mediocre, sobreactuación por momentos de parte de la protagonista, inconsistencias en la trama,...)

    Aún a pesar de eso, Changeling cumple su cometido como drama y sostiene su argumento con una ambientación excelentemente creada y una fotografía memorable.

    ***1/2
  • December 19, 2009
    Clint Eastwood is an awesome director. Great acting by all the characters and an intriguing story. The movie sometimes got slow but never so slow that I was bored. After taking a sociology class the scenes in the insane asylum were very interesting to me and probably my favorite ...( read more)part. But the rest of the movie was excellent as well.
  • December 19, 2009
    Clint Eastwood sure can make a film.

    Also, for the record, Angelina Jolie is underrated as a actress. She acts her socks off in this and it well supported throughout. Malcovich is on top form and Jeffery Donovan as the creppy Captain is a real treat.

    What's the best thing about...( read more) an Eastwood film is just the subtlety and ease of it all. No showing off or 'pazazz' just great shots and music. Suspense and plot structure is perfect and you really get caught up in the characters journey.

    Top film all around.

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