Escorted, not Thrown... A Changeling.

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2018)

Perhaps we are so spoiled by the conditions of our time, with all this technology, social media and international network activity, that we are unable to - as fairly as possible, vividly imagine how possible it could've been in fact, to plant a child to pose as someone he is not, during a time that was incredibly technologically undeveloped, and where the human mind was more vulnerable to manipulation and fear. Even today, the human mind is still susceptible to both manipulation and fear, it's just that the attack and approach has matured with time.
Yes, the neighbors and teachers and family could've come forward to corroborate Christine's claims, however, is it really a far stretch to believe that in that time, the world, countries, cities, towns and more specifically, neighborhoods, were filled with people who's mentality would be to "stay out of matters that don't affect them, unless it's to judge and condemn", especially given how that was a period, where people would believe anything, no matter how apparently absurd?
However, though I would love to give Changeling an 8 out of 10, it wasn't quite. Angelina was superb, Eastwood displayed some great work both behind the camera and with the composition, while Malkovich was also satisfactory, but sometimes the film felt a bit emotionally exhausting, and its resolutions weren't as satisfying as one would prefer. Also, the child actors could've been better, while the depiction of how the ranch story broke felt, slightly incomprehensible.
I mean, the picture of the guy that was acting as if he didn't know where the ranch was, was on the wall in the house, and the detective looked right at it, and didn't bat an eyelid or find it strange? Instead, it was up to the boys' conscience to break the case, a case who's writing was on the wall. 7/10.