A Terrific Film!

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2008)

Changeling is the new film from director Clint Eastwood. It is based on a true story that takes place in 1928 L.A.
The story is about a woman who returns home one day to find her son missing. Then a few months later the police return a child to her, but it isn't her son. The woman keeps on telling everyone that this child isn't her son, but the police keep on claiming that it is her son and are calling the woman crazy.
The film is a wonderful study about police corruption in L.A. in the late 1920s. The film is emotionally gripping, and at times disturbing.
The film was superbly directed by Clint Eastwood, who was working from a terrific script by J. Michael Straczynski. Not only that, but Eastwood also wrote the film's score, which was very good as well. Of course the acting is what truly stole the show for me. Angelina Jolie delivers an Oscar worthy performance as the mother of the missing child, but what truly surprised me was how good these children in the cast were. All of the child actors were very well cast and all delivered amazing performances.
As a whole Eastwood's Changeling is one of the best films of the year, and should be up for some big-time Oscars at year's end.
A perfect 10 out of 10!