Changeling

Pros: Jolie's performance, set design
Cons: A little slow, a little long

One of the first things you learn as a new parent is that your children really are a part of you.  You know their smell and their cry and as they get older their every movement and very essence become ingrained in your heart and your mind.  You ...

Pros: Angelina Jolie in a powerful movie.
Cons: Could be too slow for some.

I was interested in seeing Changeling when I first heard about the movie several months ago.  The fact that it was based on a true story made it more interesting to me.  I was glad when the movie ended up coming to the theater ...

Pros: Acting, music, story, look
Cons: Angelina's crying scenes; time line at the end

Okay, so here's where I further reveal my geekiness.  I was interested in Changeling for one reason and one reason only - it was written by J. Michael Stracyznski, creator and writer of my favorite TV show of all time, ...

Pros: Strong acting
Cons: Drags in some places

Directed by Clint Eastwood, and nominated for three Oscars including Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Angelina Jolie, Changeling is a harrowing true story about corruption and devastation.  In 1927 and 1928, the Los ...

Pros: Brilliant, moving and beautiful in everyway.  Oscar worthy performances. 
Cons: Deeply disturbing, and sometimes hard to watch.

Changeling (2008) Directed by Clint Eastwood, written my J. Michael Straczynski"I used to tell Walter, "Never start a fight... but always finish it." I didn't start this fight... but by G*d, I'm going to finish it."  Christine ...

Pros: Outstanding performance by Angela Jolie; great supporting cast.
Cons: A little slow at times.

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Pros: Harner, Malkovich, period detail
Cons: Unfocused, contrived, Jolie

Single mum and 1920s phone operator Angelina Jolie’s 9 year-old son Walter (the peculiarly named Gattlin Griffith) disappears suddenly, and the film follows her quest to find her son, amidst the shockingly corrupt practices and incompetent bungling ...

Pros: Jolie reminds us that she's a good actress.
Cons: The story is true.

I don’t watch the Academy Awards, in principle.  I realize that the Academy is almost computer-like in how it doles out the naked gold statue, and its transparency in deliberating is also obvious.  If you’re a really good Actor ...

Pros: Lays out the story of Christine Collins and her missing son, Walter, quite well.
Cons: There are some details that have been reversed in the movie.

I have always been an Angelina Jolie fan, but not always a Clint Eastwood fan. But I must say that this movie made an incredible impact on me. It was March 1928 when Chrstine Collins's son went missing after she was unexpectedly called to come to ...

Pros: Very well acted, and to Clint Eastwood (director), you just keep getting better.
Cons:  There's about three times you think it's over and it isn't.

Changeling (2008), a recent academy award nominee, tells the story of a single mother, Christine Collins (played by Angelina Jolie, looking very upset yet completely fabulous) who goes to work one day only to return home and find her son, Walter(Gattlin ...