To find her son, she did what no one else dared.
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Cast |
Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Gattlin Griffith, Devon Conti |
Director |
Clint Eastwood |
Screenplay | J. Michael Straczynski |
Music | Clint Eastwood |
Cinematography | Tom Stern |
Editing | Joel Cox, Gary Roach |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2008 |
Produced by | Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large | Scroll down for embedded trailer
Genre | Drama |
Language | Moderate to strong, occasional |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Strongly implied, woody places, very disturbing |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | This movie has a lot of menace and suspense. Children are the victims, which adds to the intensity of the themes, which are complex and mature. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Tense Family Scenes |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 10 | |
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden For two hours we share in the turmoil of a real mother, not the world's most photographed woman just playing another part. Forget Walter, Jolie is the real changeling here. | 15 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman This incredible story marks the first time Eastwood's signature themes have found expression through the experiences of a woman, and by omitting any distracting displays by macho males, he only heightens his depiction of the helpless rage and anguish experienced by the victims' families. | 18 | |
24.com Ivan Sadler While the quality of Changeling is undeniable, it is rather slow, so for anyone looking for edge of your seat sort of stuff might want to think twice. | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Clint Eastwood's Changeling made me feel sympathy, and then anger, and then back around again. | 18 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson While the movie’s best stretches serve as further proof of Eastwood’s mastery, Changeling is also ungainly and unsatisfying at times. | 10 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli Clint Eastwood's Changeling falls into a common trap: by trying to do too much, it accomplishes too little. | 13 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs But without getting wrapped up in the proceedings, it's too easy to see Eastwood pulling the strings, thus preventing Changeling from being one of his better, morally ambiguous works. Decent but not great. | 11 | |
Metacritic.com 38 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 187 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Beautifully shot and well-acted, Changeling is a compelling story that unfortunately gives in to convention too often. | 12 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 21050 Netizens Very, Very, Good Movie. | 16 | |
Average .. 68% | 14 |