Recently, I had the opportunity to view Clint Eastwood directed movie "Changeling". According to information on the DVD, the movie is based on a true story that happened in California a few decades ago. A young mother is forced by LA police to accept a boy that is not her own as her son , after she discovers that her real son is missing. The mother fights with the police to get her real son but is locked up in a mental hospital for ignoring her obligations towards her son and for being paranoid . She is rescued from the hospital by friends from her church. There is some brutality in the movie as we discover that several boys, including the lady's son, were kidnapped by a child killer. The callous and manipulating attitude of the authorities is scary for me as the viewer and as a parent experienced with the legal system in USA. Director Eastwood manages to get impressive performance from petite Angelina Jolie as she roller skates as a phone company switchboard supervisor and as a mother in shock at the loss of her son.
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