In 1928 Los Angeles, single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) arrives home to find her son, Walter, gone. Five months later her prayers are answered when Walter is found in Illinois. But to Christine's horror, the boy who steps off the train is not her son. Authorities vehemently dispute Christine's claim, and her one ally is a clergyman (John Malkovich) who sees the case as his chance to expose corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department and government.
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'Changeling" is a film that you know coming in will put you through the wringer -- and not in the compelling, you'll-be-a-better-person-for-it-in-the-end sort of way.
For starters, we have Angelina Jolie once again on the hunt for a missing loved one. Some of you may remember that last year she tried to snap up Oscar gold with her performance as Marianne Pearl, the pregnant wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl in "A Mighty Heart." (Full review)