Changeling

Status

Released

Original Languages

en

Budget

$55,000,000.00

Revenue

$113,400,000.00

Runtime

2h 21m

Rating

7.59

Keyword

biography
based on true story
clergyman
child in peril
police corruption
los angeles, california
single mother
street urchin
missing child
mental asylum
mental hospital
shock treatment
1920s
missing son
mother son relationship
desperate woman
disbelieving cop
child abduction
telephone switchboard operator
female hysteria
police coverup
apathetic

To find her son, she did what no one else dared.

Crime
Drama
Mystery

Overview

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

Cast (298)

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Angelina Jolie

as Christine Collins

John Malkovich

as Rev. Gustav Briegleb

Jeffrey Donovan

as Captain J.J. Jones

Michael Kelly

as Detective Lester Ybarra

Colm Feore

as Chief James E. Davis

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Comments (1)

r96sk

r96sk

10 February 2022, 18:19

Dark! 'Changeling' is a cracking release from 2008. Angelina Jolie gives a superb performance in the lead role, in a plot that is rather harrowing whilst also being actually incredibly infuriating - as in, the film does a great job at making the antagonists the antagonists. The cast, spearheaded by Jolie, are excellent. No-one is on her level per se, but there are very good performances from the likes of John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Donovan and Geoff Pierson; kid actor Eddie Alderson also impresses. I will say that the story wraps up in a quicker manner than I thought it would, though the pacing of the 142 minute run time is in fact one of its positives - even at that length, I feel it could've drawn out the court trial stuff longer; though that may have hindered the pacing, so it's not really a noteworthy criticism of mine at all. One worth recommending, no doubt!