Changeling

Inspired by actual events that occurred in 1920s-era Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood's The 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. The year ...more

The last high-pedigree period-piece this handsome, earnest, overpraised and frustrating may have been Road to Perdition. Both movies try telling inherently outrageous pulp stories with a stiflingly inappropriate solemnity. The result is more scrambled than hard-boiled. Changeling stars Angelina Jolie as working single mom Christine Collins, whose young son is abducted from a Los Angeles suburb in 1928. The criminally corrupt LAPD eventually returns a boy to Collins, ignoring her protests ...more

Changeling
Nominee - 81st Oscars®:
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Angelina Jolie
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography