One of the years best

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2008)

Watching a woman lose everything her life is about has to be one of the toughest things to sit through. Angelina Jolie's performance as Christine Collins ranges from helpless, to victim, to hero, to optimist. What made this such a great role is the constraint in which the character was forced to panic in.
Eastwood's steady hand and powerful direction unfold the story with a great narrative, starting very intimately following Collins and the eventual loss of her son, the film begins to get broader as the events ripple outward revealing much more sinister plot points. Leading to a stirring double courtroom crescendo. We're left with mixed feelings about the events that have transpired, sadness and hope.