Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie Triumph

Rating: Null/10 (20 April 2015)

I disagree Clint Eastwood had Angelina crying at every turn as one reviewer put it. Imagine if that were your son...how do you think you'd feel? If anything, I thought AJ played it exceptionally well, considering the circumstances she was thrust in by a psychopath who kidnapped her son. There's nothing worse than losing a son, daughter, brother, sister or parent. Being a single parent only made it more traumatic for AJ's character. Everything was on her shoulders...the guilt for leaving her child alone, the wonder if she'd ever see him again, the rising, then falling, then rising again of hope he was still alive somewhere. Then she skillfully portrayed the anger and disgust with the LAPD, who tried to force an impostor as her son on her. Then there was the outrage of being committed to the mental ward without provocation. Love her line after seeing her friend endure shock treatment. Give Clint Eastwood a compelling story and skilled actors and he'll come up with a gripping film just about every time. This was among his best, in my humble opinion. It was also among Angelina's best. Hard for me to believe she wasn't even nominated for best actress...I thought she richly deserved it.