a must watch!

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2011)

I must say this movie is the best i've seen over the past few days. It has all the elements that a drama should have, beautiful moments, powerful acting, amazing dialogs and an ending with some food for thought for the viewer. Okay so basically this movie revolves around a single mother from LA (year 1928), Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) and her struggles with the LAPD to search for her son who goes missing one day. She finds herself in a difficult spot when the police turn in a boy few days later which as Christine claims is not her son. Now this is where the real deal begins. Realizing the corrupt intentions of LAPD officials who try to save their image by not accepting the mistake, Christine makes a media statement on this matter. The rest of the movie focuses on the efforts of the police to prevent her from making a courtroom appearance and the mother's endeavor to find her son. The movie has its share of emotional, sentimental scenes (especially the ones in a psychopath treatment center). The story on the whole is engrossing and satisfying and confronts some heavy issues pertaining to the malfunctioning and corrupt LAPD during those times. Angelina Jolie has done a fairly well job. There's one thing though, I felt the movie getting stagnant after 2 hours and it seemed a bit boring after that. But thats just a very negligible flaw and the awesome plot more than compensates for it. Oh ya by the way this is based on a true story. Overall, this movie is a must watch and I highly recommend watching it. What happens to the boy? Does Christine get him back?...of course you'll have to watch it to find out!