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Changeling

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Original title

Changeling

Year

2008

Running time

141 min.

Country

United States

Director

Clint Eastwood

Screenwriter

J. Michael Straczynski

Cast

Music

Clint Eastwood

Cinematography

Tom Stern

Producer

Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions

Genre

Mystery. Drama | Based on a true story. Psychological Thriller. 1920s. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance

Synopsis

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine (Angelina Jolie) 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.

Rankings Position

#86 Best Movies Based on a True Story

Awards: 2008: Academy Awards: 3 Nominations: Actress (Jolie), Cinematography, Art Direction

2008: Golden Globes: 2 Nominations, including Actress - Drama (Angelina Jolie)

2008: Nominated for BAFTA: 8 Nominations, including Best Director and Actress (Jolie)

2008: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection

2008: 3 Nominations for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Picture, Actress and Composer

2008: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Actress (Angelina Jolie)

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Critics' reviews

"Emotionally powerful and stylistically sure-handed."

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Despite Ms. Jolie’s hard work and Mr. Eastwood’s scrupulous attention, the difficult, fairly one-dimensional character fails to take hold"

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"In 'Changeling' Eastwood continues to probe uncomfortable subjects to depict the individual and even existential struggle to do what is right"

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"Jolie] plays the role like a gathering storm, moving from terror to a fierce resolve. And Eastwood (...) tightens the screws of suspense without ever forgetting where the heart of his film lies (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"[Jolie, Malkovich and Geoff Pierson] are very good at what they do very well. The film's most riveting performance is by Jason Butler Harner(...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Mr. Straczynski and Mr. Eastwood have produced a distended, awkward narrative whose strongest themes are lost in the murky pomp of period detail"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"'Changeling' fundamentally works; it holds you. But these issues of texture and detail matter too, and they hold clues as to why Eastwood's latest is a good, solid achievement rather than a great, grieving one"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
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6 My Top 10 Movies from 2008 (572)
44 Movies with a Great Female Lead (64)
57 Best Movies I've Seen in Theaters Lately (30)
70 My Favorite Dramas (186)
70 My Favorite Biopics/Biographical Movies (33)
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