Changeling (2008)

Posted : 3 weeks ago at Oct 19 7:47

Changeling is a ponderous thriller about a lot of themes. It covers abduction, loneliness and the historical fact that the police really sucked back in the day. The film has a quiet, subtle tone to it that it carries throughout. No matter how horrendous the crimes we see committed, Changeling seems to distance itself from the events and make us look at them from afar. It's never sensationalistic or "epic". It's just a long and sturdy tale about the rights and wrongs people happen to make. Angelina Jolie literally shines as the star of this cruel play, and perhaps makes a performance of a lifetime. The subplots always support the theme and work very well structurally, and Eastwood directs it very solidly. That's why it comes with such sadness when I announce that this film doesn't really ha...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 month ago at Oct 9 15:56

Clint Eastwood never let me down and with this movie I only am more sure how amazing he is as a director. Amazing, very sad, very touching, very heartbreaking. I couldn't not feel for her

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at May 21 13:36

"The boy they brought back is not my son." An ambitious historical drama helmed by the legendary Clint Eastwood, Changeling is without a doubt one of the best pictures of 2008; a thoroughly engrossing, powerful film able to entertain as much as it provokes. Eastwood's latest masterwork is based on a true story, and it chronicles the appalling events surrounding the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders that occurred between 1928 and 1930. It must be stressed that this feature isn't just a simplistic story of a mother's heroic quest for truth... Beneath its exterior, it's an excellent exposé of crime and corruption during the early 20th Century. Changeling is the first of Clint Eastwood's two 2008 productions (the brilliant Gran Torino being the other), and it is a mature, mesmerising saga mad...Read more

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Jan 27 7:48

Los Angeles, março de 1928. Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) é uma mãe que tem seu filho desaparecido. Quando a polícia anuncia que seu filho foi achado, ela anuncia que a criança não é o seu herdeiro de sangue. É nisso que se baseia "A Troca", filme do ator e diretor Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood, como diretor, sempre foi correto. Ao contrário da grande maioria, eu não achei "Menina de Ouro" um filme espetacular, mas sim "Sobre Meninos e Lobos". Este sim é um longa excepcional, um dos melhores do ano. Agora com "A Troca", Clint nos mostra um longa com carga dramática pesada que, volta e meia, deixa a desejar. O que mais atrai e enche os olhos em "A Troca" é, sem sombra de dúvida, a atuação mais que competente e convincente de Angelina Jolie. Jolie que sabe chorar,...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 11 months, 1 week ago at Dec 2 16:53

''I used to tell Walter, "Never start a fight... but always finish it." I didn't start this fight... but by God, I'm going to finish it.'' Inspired by actual events that occurred in 1920s-era Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" tells the story of a woman driven to confront a corrupted LAPD after her abducted son is retrieved and she begins to suspect that the boy returned to her is not the same boy she gave birth to. Angelina Jolie: Christine Collins Let's begin by saying that Changeling is a film that ambitiously strives and sets out upon a vast journey, delivering a powerful insight and a story from the not so distant past. What I came out with, with Changeling matched my expectations and literally blew them apart, with perfect cinematography, a perfect score, cast and...Read more

Rating : 10/10