Irony, Metaphor & Denial

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2012)

Another bleak, compelling, true story from the past.
Clint Eastwood directs pouty-lipped & fashionable working single mom Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) as she devotes her life to the return of her kidnapped son. Fans of the current political corruption cases will enjoy the irony popping up all over the place in this tale of 1940s Los Angeles political machine corruption. If this wasn't a true story you could never believe that this happened.
The poor mom's son is finally returned to her, only problem is he isn't her child. So does everyone say we're sorry madam, we'll keep looking for your son, oh noooooo. They try to convince Mrs Collins she must be mistaken, and when she persists they try to convince her she is crazy, going so far as to lock her up in the nut house along with several obviously intelligent, sane women who had the bad sense to cross some man in authority. I swear this film is a metaphor for all the denial we put ourselves through to survive our dysfunctional times.