Changeling (2008)
- Synopsis:
- In this based-on-a-true-story movie, Jolie plays Christine Collins, a single mother in 1928. She reluctantly leaves her 9-year-old son home to pick up a last-minute Saturday shift at the phone company. When she returns home, he's gone. After a five-month search, the Los Angeles Police Department returns a boy to her, but she insists that it's not her son. The police—led by Capt. J.J. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan)—bully her into accepting the situation. She later discovers facts of her own that prove it, but the LAPD won't budge. Reverend Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich), who regularly trashes the corrupt LAPD on his radio broadcasts, decides to help her. But before her ordeal is over, she will be thrown into an asylum, and there will be an investigation into a serial child murderer (Jason Butler Harner).
- Starring:
- Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
- Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Rated:
- R
Details
- Starring:
- Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Michael Kelly, Colm Feore, Jason Butler Harner, Amy Ryan, Geoffrey Pierson, Denis O'Hare, Frank Wood, Peter Gerety, Reed Birney, Gattlin Griffith, Devon Conti, Eddie Alderson
- Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Genres:
- Drama, Crime Drama, Literary/Period Drama, Melodrama, Mystery, Suspense, Tearjerkers
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 141
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Year:
- 2008
- Keywords:
- 1920s, asylum, courtroom, LAPD, Los Angeles, missing child, police corruption, radio
Awards
- Best Art Direction
- Best Cinematography
- Best Actress: Angelina Jolie
- Best Music (Score)
- Best Actress: Angelina Jolie
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Angelina Jolie
Academy Award
Nominated
Golden Globe
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nominated
Movie DNA
Attributes ordered and rated by our clerks.
Tearjerker
Disturbing
Downbeat
Character Depth
Slow Pace
Hollywood Feel
Truthfulness
Violence
Suspense
Political
Terror
Soundtrack


