A dull and forced drama

Rating: 4/10 (12 April 2009)

Changeling has an excellent concept but the execution doesn't live up to it. The main problem is that the story concentrates on other events, highlighting them so much that the actual plot gets vanished. I'll note down everything about the film below.
Performances:
1) Angelina Jolie: She has done a commendable job. She showed her vulnerability and succeeded in her performance. Even then, I was not sucked into her role. Her character was dull and boring. Her constant cries of "Where is my son?" became annoying.
2) Jeffrey Donovan: He showed his evil side and succeeded too. But he does fall flat towards the end in the courtroom. When he had so much gut in the beginning, he should not have been shown so quiet towards the climax.
3) The young boy confessing the crime to the police: He too showed that he had acting skills but the whole situation wasn't so believable.
4) The killer: Okay. I did not understand his character.
The major flaw with the movie is that almost everyone is shown corrupt. Corrupt police, corrupt nurses, corrupt doctors-all kept getting on my nerves. Such corruption is not even seen in India! The corrupt thing got on my nerves mainly because it felt too far-fetched. Also I do not think that Angie's character was treated like that in the hospital.
Basically, the whole hospital thing was rubbish and a waste of time. The story prolonged for two hours and twenty minutes but it felt like a 4 hour movie. I would give a 4 for this movie mainly because I liked the end in which "hope" was still shown.