Gripping Mystery

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2012)

Clint Eastwood teams with Angelina Jolie for the true story of Christine Collins, a single mother living in Los Angeles in 1928. She comes home from work to discover that her nine year old son Walter, is missing. This starts a chain of events that are incredible.
A Reverend Gustav takes the case public, while exposing the widespread corruption in the LAPD. The criticism causes the department to claim after several months, that they have found Walter. They stage a public reunion for the press, and when Christine says that the kid is not hers, Captain Jones tells her to take him home on a trial basis. She goes to the newspapers and says that the boy is shorter and has been circumcised. A dentist and school teacher write notes backing her up. The captain is able to have her committed to a mental hospital. Jolie is well cast as her history is well known.
A detective uncovers a series of abductions of boys who were raped and murdered and left in the desert. The investigation brings up the possibility of Walter being one of victims. The case became infamous in California at the time and Eastwood makes a mystery which will grab hold of you and never let go.