Changeling (R)

Quicklook Rating★★★½

synopsis

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine-year-old is returned. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But, in her heart, she knows he is not Walter. As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-era L.A., women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb, who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy.

details

Suspense/Thriller
2 hr. 20 min.
Opened October 24th, 2008

MovieGoer Review

Changeling is another Oscar-worthy masterpiece from director Clint Eastwood -- a harrowing, emotionally gripping movie you won't be able to get out of your head for days.

Story

Not to be confused with the 1979 ghost st... MORE

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synopsis

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine-year-old is returned. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But, in her heart, she knows he is not Walter. As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-era L.A., women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb, who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy.

details

Suspense/Thriller
2 hr. 20 min.
Opened October 24th, 2008

MovieGoer Review

Changeling is another Oscar-worthy masterpiece from director Clint Eastwood -- a harrowing, emotionally gripping movie you won't be able to get out of your head for days.

Story

Not to be confused with the 1979 ghost st... MORE