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2008
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120
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2.0
The film could double as a paranoid fantasy if it werent rooted in the true story of Christine Collins.
Av Club
2.0
Changeling is a muckraker that crushes the audience under the dull weight of injustice.
EW
4.4
It has not a single unnecessary stylistic flourish. No contrived dramatics. No shocking stunts.
Rogerebert
4.2
Its a tough movie but also rewarding and inspiring: something of a quiet triumph.
Time Out
2.5
At its best when it stays on Christine, the film casually condemns but hardly elaborates on the subjugation of women in American societyat least never ..
3.0
A kind of psychological experiment, to be sure, it is not certain that everyone will identify its intentions.
Screen Daily
2.5
Eastwoods grim handling of even grimmer subject matter could have used some paring down toward its histrionic ending, but Changeling is still one of t ..
2.5
Despite Ms. Jolies hard work and Mr. Eastwoods scrupulous attention, the difficult, fairly one dimensional character fails to take hold.
The New York Times
4.0
Its also refreshing to see how religion can be a force for good in the community.
E Film Critic
3.0
The end result is a film that not only looks like a museum piece but feels like one as well everything comes across as stiff and starchy and never qui ..
E Film Critic
3.1
Changeling is no escape, but more of a two hour plus trap that never springs on us; a story of three parts that is thematically as absentee as the chi ..
E Film Critic
1.5
Changeling fails because, despite its awful subject matter, it isnt very moving. Eastwood is too classical, too restrained a director to get inside hi ..
Telegraph
5.0
He does it by simply taking a really good story and directing it well, though in fact theres nothing simple about the artistic intelligence on display ..
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
Jury Duty feels both like a warm hug and a champagne toast in Jess Days honor.
The Young Folks
5.0
A compelling, adult period thriller, with an Oscar assured performance from Angelina Jolie.
2.5
As the movie wraps itself up in constant prologues, stretching out the two and a half hour running time, a movie that should have been taut and viciou ..
Cinema Blend
3.0
Instead of seeing an average woman facing extraordinary circumstances, were asked to admire an extraordinary woman an international superstar pretendi ..
Ny Daily News
3.1
Heavy lifting, indeed. And, although Eastwood directs the narrative excess with his usual restraint, this time the results are mixed.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
With its many tonal shifts and dangling subplots, J. Michael Straczynskis sprawling script is a problem.Jolies performance is another.
Philly
2.0
It stays with you long after youve forgotten Jolie, who is seriously miscast as Everygal.
Philly
4.0
The screenplay by J. Michael Straczynski is based on a true story.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
A moody, melancholy period drama thats beautifully crafted but very subdued and obvious in its effects.
One Guys Opinion
4.5
Jolie is most convincing in her demand for recognitionand Eastwood is glad to oblige.Late in the movie, Christine confidently predicts that It Happene ..
Village Voice
2.0
Though if you can sit through such an old fashioned muckraking lengthy depressing film, it does work and its story is not easily forgotten.
Sover
3.1
Changeling feels long and cluttered because it is long and cluttered.To his credit, Eastwood does a good job with Christines story even though it seem ..
ReelViews
3.8
More often than not, those eyes are spilling over with tears, as Changeling is one of the most brutal movies to come out of Hollywood in years.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
Its too over stuffed and underfed and makes one wonder how it would have been served by Chinatowns Towne and Polanski.
2.0
The film features great acting performances, smooth direction and top quality production values.
Lariat
4.0
Days and then months later, Walter is still missing, with Christine taking every break she gets from boss Ben Harris (FRANK WOOD) to call authorities ..
Screen It
3.5
Its partly the surreal, horrible scale of the murders, alongside which Christines grief seems like a sub plot; partly that Eastwood and his screenwrit ..
Independent
3.0
Even though its relevant, it badly saps the energy from the central story, leaving us to merely admire the scenery rather than take righteous action.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
The script is grimly fascinating throughout, though the story meanders a little towards the end as it tries to offer some kind of explanation and beco ..
View London
3.0
Eastwood gets all noirish for us but, like Jolies performance, theres a rote quality to it all.Even the mournful little ditties that Eastwood composed ..
Cs Monitor
4.4
Changeling is another remarkable addition to Eastwoods directorial canon.CHANGELING Haunting real life horror.
New York Post
3.8
Its also worthwhile for another nominations worthy Angelina Jolie performance.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
Changeling is a fine enough movie. Its just that its aware of the fact, and neither Eastwood nor Jolie ever lets the audience forget it.
Az Central
2.5
Changeling continues Clint Eastwoods improbable late career evolution into a womens director.
Boston
3.5
Eastwood deals with this increasingly sensational tale by heartily embracing every outlandish twist.
Smh
4.0
In spite of my reservations about Changeling, I do recommend the film.Its at the very least solid filmmaking coming from a single personal vision.
Mountain X
4.4
Changeling is a brilliant, demanding film, a mystery cum character study about which we finally have to make up our own minds.
Star Tribune
4.5
I expect a certain gravitas that is lacking here.I expect the unexpected.
3.8
Changeling reminds us that the veneer of civilization is thin and made of quicksilver.
Toronto Star
3.0
Visual effects: CIS Vancouver, Pacific Title and Art Studio.Stunt coordinator: Buddy Van Horn.
Emanuellevy
3.0
For all its eccentricities and oddities, it is gutsy storytelling.
Guardian
1.0
The actual case arguably was not as isolated a one as rose colored history would have it.
Reel Talk Reviews
5.0
Changeling is among the finest films Eastwood has made, and an all too rare example of a Hollywood film thats been made for grown ups.
Daily Mail
3.5
But Jolie isnt really to blame for this movies clomping heavy handedness.
Slate
5.0
Unforgettable for its extraordinary story; unforgettable for Angelina Jolies haunting performance; unforgettable for its subtly beautiful cinematograp ..
1.5
Its a slow and meditative number at first; all lilting piano notes and cymbal brushes.So far, so good.
Observer
4.5
You could Google the case and spoil it for yourself if you wanted to.But this is a good one; you wont want to.
Movies
4.0
Whatever you think of her public image or some of her past roles, Jolie has really come into her own.
Flim Threet
2.5
Stone seems to be making a kind of indictment of the American people: this manthis soulless nothingis what you voted for.
New Yorker
3.1
Being the fifth annual go round for this durable splatter franchise, this film has really no power to change any minds: existing fans will more than l ..
Mr Brown Movies
4.4
Indeed, if it werent based on a factual case, it would almost seem too wild to be believed.
The Movie Boy
3.8
But the series has grown up, relatively speaking, at last providing melodies that split the difference between stage tunes and pop radio, as well as d ..
Chicago Tribune
3.0
Eastwoods own score aids and abets the process, ladling washes of mournful gloop over a glut of emotional scenes.
Total Film
4.0
To see this film is to understand both how fragile and how essential our hopes for decency and truth are in a world that must be made to care about ei ..
Calendar Live
3.0
And yet the most striking feature of this movie is less its many excellent elements than its directors unifying confidence.
Seattle Pi
5.0
As good a movie as this is, and it is very good, and as true as it is, the star of the movie for me was the loving recreation of 1928 Los Angeles.
Tony Medley
2.5
The film is so clinical, so methodic in its approach and handling it almost feels perfunctory and inert, all its momentum vanishing pretty much about ..
Movie Freak
3.0
Theres absolutely no reason this movie needed to be over two hours long, but thats another Eastwood trademark, piling a movie full of developments and ..
3.1
Even setting aside this quibble, Changeling lacks enough grit and intellect to convert moody melodrama into thoughtful drama.
Groucho Reviews
3.8
THREE STARS Clint Eastwood knows all about powerful emotions.The cold fire of revenge.
Nj
3.0
Its like hes trying to act outside of his ability, and it shows.Difficult to watch at times due to its grisly subject matter, Changeling is a decent f ..
7M Pictures
3.0
But I have to wonder: Was Clint Eastwood the best director for this project
Oregon Live
4.0
The aftertaste is of a richly satisfying film made by a craftsman at the peak of his directorial powers.
Boxoffice Magazine
2.0
The movie avoids any nuance or shading in Collins. It starts in black and white, and thats where it ends.
E Online
3.1
Changeling is little more than a frustrating missed opportunity thats dressed to the nines, but a day late for the party.
Movies Tv Guide
3.5
There are moments when it seems as if it wants to be an inspirational story about a person who refuses to be beaten by a corrupt system but it doesnt, ..
The Age
3.5
Biblically classical, tastefully vintage with aerial shots of wet umbrellas and Homburg hats and not a little staid considering its sensational source ..
La Weekly
5.0
Not in the knockout category of Million Dollar Baby but very worth seeing despite about 30 minutes of indulgent excess.
Varia Gate
4.0
The power of the story is in its utter incredibility and, viewed through the lens of director Clint Eastwood, even more shocking for its sense of the ..
Digital Spy
4.0
It is dramatically uneven in a way most of Eastwoods films arent.
Abc
4.5
Demi Moore will do as the ghost of Hollywood past, rattling her jewelled accessories like a drag queen Jacob Marley.
Ft
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
1.3
Mysterious 1928 Kidnapping Revisited Courtesy of Clint Eastwood When a movie opens with an absolute assurance that what youre about to watch is A True ..
News Blaze
5.0
Ooh, friend!.The Inbetweeners Simon on why he STILL fails to be an adult at the age of 34 TAKING ANOTHER CHANCE All about Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Agai ..
The Sun
3.0
for all its power, fury, and superb tension, it carries within it another, and unfortunate sort of tension, that of a flabby script doing battle with ..
Killer Movie Reviews
3.5
She evokes every parents worst nightmare, and provides a career defining performance while doing so.
Matts Movie Reviews
2.0
The first striking element of Changeling isnt the suspense or the performances, but the look of the film.
Brian Or Ndorf
3.5
Like listening to a great violinist scraping the bow across the strings: for the most part its quite beautiful, but the scratches are what stand out.
Antagony & Ecstasy
1.5
Perhaps hes simply gotten too used to all his films being praised, but Changeling constantly feels like its trying hard to be an important film.
1.9
Changeling is a missed opportunity with amazing moments stuck next to failed ones.
Waffle Movies
5.0
Sometimes, in fact, what looks on the surface like a horror movie proves to be something far more intriguing.
News Week
4.0
Following the grand set pieces of Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood harkens back to the golden era of 1940s melodrama with this sprawling, hard hi ..
Sky
4.0
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3.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.0
The sensational material is episodic and gut wrenchingly affecting but Eastwood keeps a strong hand on it, even if it often feels like a big bucks ver ..
Metro
4.5
Fittingly, he doesnt make the material any more lurid than it already is.
What So
3.5
Only connect!.E.M. Forster urged famously in his novel Howards End.
Wsj
3.0
Changeling may be the most beautiful horror film ever made; it may also be the most boring.
Guide Live
4.5
This incredible but true story marks the first time Eastwoods signature themes have found expression in a womans experience, and the absence of any di ..
Chicago Reader
3.5
is never less than convincing slipping into the cloche and shapeless garments of Christine Collins, a single mother living in 1928 Los Angeles whose n ..
Jam! Movies
3.0
Clint Eastwood is a vital force of nature. Born May 31, 1930, the unflappable 78 year old director is still creating powerful, unique movies. Changeli ..
Tony Mack
3.0
Eastwoods strength lies in subtlety, and Changelings finest moments pay homage to the power of nuance.
Flip Side Archive
1.5
A handsome but slack, long winded retelling of an admittedly fantastic real life case that displays Eastwood at his least effective. Jolie is fine in ..
Film4
2.0
It would be a horrific story even if underplayed, but Eastwood shoots it like a horror movie.
Ny Mag
3.0
Its long and messy, covering all the bases and then some, but its also fantastically entertaining. Its 140 minutes feel more like 90.
Film Blather
3.5
Direction, acting, production values and an intriguing story based on real facts all come across as superb.
Review Express
4.5
...it draws you in from the quiet beginning, and holds you all the way through to its frightful and beautifully edited conclusion.
M Tv
4.0
Eastwood plows from scene to scene to scene with workmanlike precision, slowly building his film to a hammering intensity.
Tri City Herald
4.4
The film is nothing less than riveting. What hooked me above all else was the chance to peer into a different era where trust went a lot further than ..
Aisle Seat
2.0
Yet between Eastwoods overbearing direction, his storys leaden moralizing and clunky logic, and his procession of ever lamer would be endings, Jolies ..
Nicks Chager
4.5
Someone pass me the Kleenex, because I had to fight back the tears watching this movie.
Reel Talk Online
3.0
Its a period piece, a true crime mystery and a slice of history, vintage Eastwood in many ways.
Orlando Sentinel
1.5
Similarly, John Malkovitch, who plays the preacher that takes up Christines cause, just isnt interesting either.
Spectator
3.0
It is a misfire, a silly and borderline absurd story that cannot excuse its twists and turns with the simple a true story declaration that opens the f ..
Detroit News
4.5
But that doesnt change the fact that Clint is a master craftsman, and nowhere is that more evident than here.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
3.9
This theme is again dominant in Changeling, Eastwoods new kidnapping drama.The film marks the latest entry in an oeuvre that has done a great deal to ..
Movie Martyr
3.0
How could a story as genuinely bizarre as this one seem so generic and rambling on the screen
Film.com
3.5
Unfortunately, Eastwood molds the avalanche of perversities into a pile driver weepie that misses no interminable courtroom climax and spares no dead ..
Cine Passion
4.4
Jolie propels this chilling true tale with a performance that reminds us of her acting prowess.
Illinois Times
3.0
Apart from a flashing neon light coda that extends the film 10 minutes too far, Eastwoods drama is an engrossing drama with a keen line of social comm ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
A beautifully measured, well acted period piece, with a fine performance by Angelina Jolie.
Week In Rewind
5.0
His job is made easier thanks to the outstanding performance delivered by Jolie.
Crazed Fan Boy
4.5
The story of what happened to Christine Collins is fascinating, and there are so many ways a director could have gone with it instead of just giving u ..
Cinematical
4.5
Ultimately all of Eastwoods genre blending comes up with nothing more than a hollow highbrow message movie that lacks all the blood and verve of its l ..
Esquire
3.0
Eastwoods meticulous direction and the sheer outrageousness of the story make for absorbing drama though the strangeness of the facts makes the materi ..
Movie Mom
1.5
Changeling is such a dead weight of poor, blandly prestigious Hollywood genre cinema
Patrick Nabarro
2.0
It passes from being a medium build period drama to a medium build policier to a medium build nuthouse exploitation flick to a slightly dwarfish crowd ..
Nicks Flick Picks
3.8
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2 The Advocate
3.8
The likable lead actors somehow make the unconvincing premise and occasionally gruesome frankness work.
Gomemphis
1.5
The movie makes no effort to understand the guilty partys mental state.
World Socialist Web Site
4.5
Right when I thought Eastwood was becoming an Oscar Mammas Boy, he brings out this amazingly brutal true story that is filmmaking at its finest.
3.8
The overall result is a movie that will disappoint only those who require tidy endings wrapped up in pretty bows. Along the same lines, those who find ..
3.0
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This Is London
2.0
Audiences will be forgiven for reaching for their coats and then putting them down again over and over; everytime you think this tune is done, theres ..
MSNBC
1.5
She doesnt waver in her belief that the real Walter is still waiting to be saved.
Washington Times
1.5
Its hard to imagine anyone liking this meandering, boring and ultimately undercooked mess of a movie without doing some serious contortions to apologi ..
Chud
5.0
This real life fable of a pre feminist heroine battling a sinister conspiracy is so outrageous its hard to believe it happenedand has not already been ..
Ma Cleans
5.0
Changeling offers powerful performance and storyline that wont leave you dissatisfied.
Jo Reviews
2.5
Changeling is a pretty good Lifetime Original Movie. But its a far cry from Clint Eastwoods best films.
Washington Times
1.5
Jolie is alternately distraught and outraged (in good ways) but Eastwoods film is an odd mix of genres that never quite settles into the one we want t ..
La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
1.5
A frustrating film which will have a life in theaters and for years to come thanks to one central, stunning performance, but is ultimately a wasted op ..
Movie Retriever
3.5
A deftly handled tale about one womans quiet and determined struggle to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.
Courier Mail (Australia)
4.1
And Changeling is a tough drama.It borders on melodrama, with some very disturbing scenes.
Sea Coast Online
4.4
Angelina delivers a fearless performance in a film that is far from conventional, but oh so lovely to look at.
Cinema Sight
0.5
t is not enough to declare such improbable material historically accurate and leave it at that. It is Eastwoods burden to make it feel true... and in ..
Tnr
1.5
Country: United States Afghanistan Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Ban ..
Miss Flick Chick
3.5
But inthe Steadicams characteristic bob and weave proves a poorly calibrated tool with which to evoke classical film grammar and a grounded sense of t ..
Stop Smiling Online
3.0
It is unfortunate that something this exceptionally manicured could also be this listless and dull.
Colorado Springs Gazette
4.5
Changeling simmers with emotion, tension and that sense of wide eyed incredulity that comes with such an unbelievable true story.
3.8
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Rossiter Drake
2.5
We drink every time Angelina hysterically proclaims, Hes not my son! We get very drunk, and this may be why we cant figure out why Clint Eastwood made ..
Blog Spout
1.5
Eastwood may be aiming for a more restrained and dignified sort of period drama with Changeling, but here hes all surface, preferring the familiar sch ..
Charleston City Paper
4.5
The film ... becomes more of an examination of ... the misogynistic contrivances movie heroines have consistently been put through for audience entert ..
DVD Review
3.8
Jolie is superb in presenting a mothers heart, so intertwined with her childs safety, she will defy policemen who have subverted their duty ... with s ..
Ac Weekly
4.5
The incredible struggle of a woman to recover her son, at a time when womens voices simply were not heard...
3.0
Changeling succeeds as both a compelling mystery and a period piece that still feels relevant today.
Giant Blackplanet
4.5
Set this film alongside Gran Torino and its evident that Eastwood is the most impressive classical director working in US cinema today.
The Australian
3.1
The movie has all of the ingredients to be a great comedy, but Smith seems to be stuck and cant break free of his amateurish style.
3.5
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Metromix Los Angeles
3.0
Crooked cops cripple the City of Angels in an impeccably fashioned 1920s if only the script had been given the same rigorous treatment as the producti ..
Kimberly Gadette
4.5
Rich in authentic looking period detail and punctuated with powerful acting, Eastwoods tale holds you in its firm, grim grip.
American Profile
3.0
Its a mystery! Wait, its a corrupt cop thriller! No, its a miscarriage of justice melodrama! Oh, its a courtroom drama! Changeling wrestles with more ..
1.5
Eastwood, who has made fine movies in recent years, has got hold of a humdinger of a story. But hes too detached and lazy here.
Film.com
3.0
This undisciplined picture cant decide which kind of movie it is: melodrama, courtroom, serial killer thriller, procedural, period epic...
Film Experience Blog Spot
3.1
Though gripping at times, the pace of the movie plods along with all deliberate speed that might prompt occasional glances at the wristwatch.
3.8
Clint Eastwood occasionally works at cross purposes against his films best elements. (Please can the mournful guitar already.) But its polish comes fr ..
1.5
It all just seems like window dressing for Jolies best actress clip at the Oscars.
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