Changeling is a 2008 drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Angelina Jolie (in an oscar-nominated role) and John Malkovich.
Angelina Jolie is a single mother whose son gets kidnapped. When the police brings him back she is convinced that they brought back the wrong boy, but the police insists they did not make a mistake, and try to shut her up.
This film is another great work from a very talented director, even though it does not reach to the same rank of masterpiece as Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven and Mystic River. Most of the acting performances are solid, and I consider it to be one of Jolie’s finest performances ever. The story, however, is sometimes somewhat confusing and unfortunately tries too much to prove itself to be taken from a true story.
Set decoration and cinematography are downright stunning, with a beautiful Los Angeles from the 20’s being shown, next to the proper make-up and costumes for that period. Eastwood again proves himself to be a brilliant director, and gives his actors free reign to try out new ideas for their characters; and with his calm style of directing made himself loved by the whole cast.
In short, just a good film, that I can recommend to all people besides haters of character-detectives starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Clint Eastwood.
