Angelina And Clint Elevate This Film To Perfection

Rating: 10/10 (22 September 2012)

Changeling is a film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real-life events, it stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son â€” only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city authorities, who vilify her as an unfit mother and brand her delusional. The dramatized incident was connected to the "Wineville Chicken Coop" kidnapping and murder case.
The place is Los Angeles.The year was 1928. On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine-year-old is returned. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But, in her heart, she knows he is not Walter. As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-era L.A., women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb, who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy.
Changeling explores female disempowerment, political corruption, child endangerment, and the repercussions of violence.Also,it is rich in authentic-looking period detail and punctuated with powerful acting particularly of Angelina Jolie.Aside from that, the other element in the film, including the photography and Eastwood's own direction and music score elevates this film close to perfection.Watch it to see it for yourself.