2008 Directed by Clint Eastwood
Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Angelina Jolie John Malkovich Jeffrey Donovan Michael Kelly Colm Feore Jason Butler Harner Amy Ryan Geoff Pierson Denis O'Hare Frank Wood Peter Gerety Reed Birney Gattlin Griffith Michelle Gunn Jan Devereaux Erica Grant Antonia Bennett Kerri Randles Morgan Eastwood Madison Hodges Devon Conti Ric Sarabia J.P. Bumstead Debra Christofferson Russell Edge Stephen W. Alvarez Pete Rockwell John Harrington Bland Pamela Dunlap Show All…
Clint Eastwood Brian Grazer Robert Lorenz Ron Howard Jim Whitaker Geyer Kosinski Tim Moore Audrey Chon
Intercambio, Výmena, Ha'hahlafa, Changeling (2008)
"Yours is a story with a happy ending, Ms. Collins. People love happy endings."
One of the maestro's finest, even if at times it feels so jam packed with ideas that it almost becomes exhausting. Firstly, it's the great Los Angeles film, a city of glitz, glamour, police brutality, covered-up scandals, and where the possibility of questioning something is barely even a consideration. The police's only concern is preserving their image, because they are aware that the images are becoming dominant, thus they must be manipulated. This is achieved by them as early as the moment Christine meets the fake Walter; they have her surrounded by press and immediately photograph them together, to secure the proof and turn the lie…
It is beautiful and heartbreaking.
First 30 minutes are slow and they set the stage well.
The ending is tragic as well as satisfying.
Sapped of color, sapped of soul, built along a clumsy narrative path that gives more attention to the men surrounding Christine Collins, letting them tell us how inspired they are by her, without actually showing us her fighting spirit beyond histrionic outbursts. This is bourgeois "feminism," avoiding any real indictment of the misogynistic system in favor of individualistic bullshit seeking to redeem the system and the men in it. They show you the system scapegoating, then double-down on it within the narrative. It's a neat bit of cinematic prestidigitation, trying to guide you with statements providing a false sense of empowerment, all the while silencing the central character in favor of these cut-jawed machos, sniveling psychopaths, and moral demagogues.
You're better off watching the BuzzFeed Unsolved episode on this, and that's saying a lot.
I liked it slightly less on this rewatch. Not because it's long or because there's too much/not much going on. It's because there are certain moments where the film is catering to the audience, making the viewers feel outraged when the main character is wronged or content when something goes the way it should. Not that it's a big issue but this subjective approach becomes a little too intruding at times. Maybe the script is too self-indulgent or maybe that's just Eastwood being Eastwood and over-directing. Talking about Eastwood being Eastwood, his score for this movie is quite galling, that same piano piece playing throughout the movie to the point of suffocation.
Nevertheless, Changeling is a magnificently crafted film, with…
I watched this years ago with my dad, I must’ve been something like 14 or younger, so I barely remembered it. But sometimes my dad brings it up like “remember that film we watched where angelina jolie got the wrong son?” and all I could think about was that part in monsters inc where they go put that thing back where it came from or so help me! But I saw buzzfeed unsolved covered the case of walter collins and I thought hey, isn’t this that film where angelina jolie got the wrong son? and sure enough it was. I definitely didn’t know back in 2014 or whenever it was that this was based on a true story. So I decided…
File this depiction under Exhibit #1,665, Early Twentieth Century Edition as to why the human race at large is not that smart. Clint Eastwood’s grossly underappreciated period film from a technical point of view uncannily evokes 1928 Los Angeles better than silent films from the era did. Changeling goes for the throat though when it comes to 1920’s sexual inequality and inherent chauvinism in professional males – head doctors, police captains, newspaper men – who bluster upon working mom Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) that the kidnapped boy that has been returned is hers and nobody else’s. But he’s the wrong boy, starting with being three inches too short and circumcised. After causing a public ruckus with the aid of a…
It operates through dehumanizing repetition, the narrative spears in multiple streads, all very frustrating yet chilling. The cconception keps Jolie at distance, a passanger in her own hoprror story, the material suggests a pre code melodrama, but the manner is od a punishing post war. All those same dark lit close ups of powerful men, who mix up with each other regardless how they are positioned in relation to her, in that same stark image. A movie more interested in gestures of violence than character or narrative, if not always for the best. And there's that true damning sight of Jeffrey Danovan going through every Eastwood tic he can as the face of systematic power abuse, Dirty Harry going very bad.
This movie disturbed me .
we wonder how this story can be real..
we see the love of a mother, the hope, the fight of a woman who would do anything for her child ...
If you want to be surprised by a true story or just to a film I recommend you this movie ;
But don't watch it now if you are too young it’s an advice
it may be carrying too much water for Clint to suggest that the seemingly overstuffed and disorganized structure, sprawling out here into multiple redundant narratives (and sort of hopping genres too), is less a mark of his alleged "shoot-the-first-draft" laziness and more an attempt to mirror Jolie's desperate mother character's exhaustion of every last possible thread looking for her son. but i went and did it anyway.
Plodding. Unfortunately, that's the word that came to mind while I was watching this. I almost always enjoy movies directed by Clint Eastwood. I usually like Angelina Jolie, and I'm a fan of John Malkovich. The film got three Academy award nominations, too. Obviously, I came into this viewing with high hopes, but they were soon dashed.
Plodding. The "true story" follows single mom Christine Collins (Jolie) through her struggle to find her missing son Walter. He mysteriously vanishes from their home one day in 1928 while she is working overtime at the phone company. Five months after the disappearance, Los Angeles police announce that Walter has been found half way across the country. But when it turns out the…
A big salute to an unrelenting display of motherhood and willpower, Clint Eastwood also showcases the dark side of America in the most fashionized way possible. Also it did remind me of LA Confidential, how appalling it is to witness corruption in police procedures as well. Absolutely stunning but I wish the second half could have been a bit more impactful. Although, the grim atmospheric setup and Angelina Jolie's marvellous performance kept me hooked the entire time.
A heartbreaking and beautiful story about the love of a mother towards her child. Angelins Jolie gives an emotionally touching peformance as a woman who does not back down and does everything to find her disappeared son. The ending is somewhat bittersweet.
Was thinking of that episode of The Simpsons where Moleman gets brainwashed into thinking he's Bart constantly.
Some very good stuff here, though wasn't 100% sold on Jolie. Feel like a Kidman or Blanchett would have served the material better.
Clint throws lots of shade at the LAPD which is nice to see. You go get 'em Mule.
"I didn't start this fight, but by God I'm going to finish it."
probably one of the most frustrating films ever, in a good way. despite of the length this movie has, it didn't feel long. It's flowing well with the emotions just like that. in this movie it felt like we're hoping with mrs. collins. heartbreaking. beautiful.
angelina jolie delivered a great performance. she slayed every scene gracefully like a queen that she is. thirty minutes in and I was like "she must've gotten at least an oscar nomination for this?!" and she did! exactly I know that's right.
I didn’t want to cry this early in the evening but here we are.
Also whenever Angelina Jolie says “That’s not my son” I get strangely reminded of Winnona ryder saying “Where’s my boy?” in stranger things hm.
this is angelina jolie’s MOVIE!!!! such a heartbreaking story, def makes you feel. it’s a mix of terrifying, heartbreaking, hopeful and frustrating.
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