Clint Eastwood continues his prolific film making career with 2008’s “Changeling”, which he co-produced and directed. This historic drama starring Angelina Jolie as a mother of a kidnapped child was not as critically acclaimed as some of other Eastwood’s directorial achievements, but it was still widely praised and was a significant box office success. The story, set in 1928, focuses on Christine Collins (Jolie), a single mother living in Los Angeles. Christine arrives home one day to find that her 9 year old son Walter has gone missing. Reverend Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich) uses Christine’s story to rave against the incompetent and corrupted LAPD. A few months later police inform Christine that they’ve found her son. Christine quickly realizes that “Walter” is not her son, but a boy imposter. When Christine tries to point out the physical differences between her son and the boy claiming to be him, she is put on psychiatric evaluation, while police planted newspaper articles paint her as a negligent mother. Even though Walter’s teacher and dentist both confirm that the returned boy is not him, Christine is still deemed delusional and put into a mental institution. A separate police investigation reveals a serial killer who has kidnapped and killed around 20 children, Walter being one of them. Despite LAPD’s attempts to hide the story, Briegleb manages to ensure Christine’s release from the mental hospital, and the young impostor admits that the police have told him to lie about his identity. A few years later, one of the boys thought to be dead is found alive, and he reveals that he was imprisoned with Walter, but that they both managed to escape and got separated.
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