A Truly Moving Picture

Rating: Null/10 (12 February 2012)

"The Changeling" is a beautiful movie about a woman who searches for her true son after is lied to by the police when they return a different son but is similar-looking who claims that he is Walter Collins, the woman's real son, as a set-up by the police. In the woman's, Christine Collin's fight, for her real son, she gets placed in a mental asylum by the police. Eventually, after other members of the police department interfere with the way Christine is being treated, she gets released out of the asylum. Over time, more and more evidence about what happened to the real Walter Collins is figured out, as Christine Collins relies on one feeling that her son will be returned to her: hope.
Angelina Jolie plays an Oscar-deserving performance in this movie as Christine Collins, the mother of the real Walter Collins. As usual, her acting remains consistent throughout her role, and through her amazing performance, it is possible as an audience to understand or at least try to understand the feelings that Christine Collins had after her son went missing. Her anger at frequent times in the movie also provides insight to how it feels to be lied to by the police, and to have strangers like the police tell her that the boy is the real son, when in fact, the mother knows in her heart that he is not.
The overall plot in this film was very thought-out and intricate, as it relates to the true story of Christine Collins. I think that Clint Eastwood did an excellent job at directing this movie. This movie is definitely worth your time, so go watch it, and experience the courage of a woman in desperation for her real son to come back to her.