
Los Angeles, 1928. Single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) returns from work to find her nine-year-old son Walter (Gattlin Griffith) gone. She calls the L.A.P.D. to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description, and he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the L.A.P.D. reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public cr... (Full plot summary below)
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Los Angeles, 1928. Single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) returns from work to find her nine-year-old son Walter (Gattlin Griffith) gone. She calls the L.A.P.D. to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description, and he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the L.A.P.D. reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the Police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power?
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| Tolucan TimesTony MedleyAs good a movie as this is, and it is very good, and as true as it is, the star of the movie for me was the loving recreation of 1928 Los Angeles. |
| TeletextVictor OlliverIt's hard to recall a more moving film of recent times than this. That it's based on a true story makes it compelling enough. That director Clint Eastwood has created something so emotionally true is a tribute to him and a cast of a very rare brilliance. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Christopher TookeyI'm always wary of that overused word 'masterpiece', but this is one film that deserves the accolade. |
| Entertainment SpectrumJolene MendezChangeling offers powerful performance and storyline that won't leave you dissatisfied. |
| EmpireDamon WiseA compelling, adult period thriller, with an Oscar-assured performance from Angelina Jolie. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA disturbing film about grim subject matter, but the overall experience is more exhilarating than saddening. There's just something satisfying about seeing a movie so well made. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyEmotionally powerful and stylistically sure-handed, this true story-inspired drama begins small with the disappearance of a young boy, only to gradually fan out to become a comprehensive critique of the entire power structure of Los Angeles, circa 1928. |
| PopMattersBill GibronChangeling is a very good movie that misses being great by the smallest of margins. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldThe line between drama and melodrama is a fine one, and Clint Eastwood steps on both sides of it in his elegantly sad new film, Changeling. |
| The AustralianDavid StrattonSet this film alongside Gran Torino and it's evident that Eastwood is the most impressive classical director working in US cinema today. |