I've never watched a Clint Eastwood film without wanting to smash my TV into a million pieces. I can't stand Angelina Jolie. As a rule, I'm not that keen on films that bare the legend "based on a true-story". Particularly period dramas. Not a good basis then to sit down and watch Changeling, a 2008 drama directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Angelina Jolie, and based on real events in 1920s Los Angeles. Nonetheless, in the interests of earning my next shiny Dooyoo coin, broadening my film horizons, enlightening the masses, and because it somehow managed to turn up on my Lovefilm list, this is the unwelcome prospect I found myself facing last night. ...  Read the complete review

After success with Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood has turned his attention to a real life tale in his latest venture. Yet, despite widespread Oscar buzz pre-release, The Changeling turns out to be a bit of a damp squib. It tells the tale of Christine Collins, whose son, Walter, suddenly disappears. The police eventually track down a boy they say is Walter, but Christine is adamant he is not. The Changeling certainly starts off very well. We are introduced to Christine, a mother who dotes on her son and who is understandably frantic at his disappearance. A promising atmosphere of despair and misery is established and the film ...  Read the complete review

A review of just the film, the region 2 DVD of Changeling was released in March 2009. In 1920s Los Angeles, Christine Collins is a single mother who works in a telephone exchange to support her young son. When she is called into work at short notice one morning, she reluctantly leaves her son alone in the house, unable to turn down the opportunity to earn some extra cash. When she returns home, he is gone and an unbelievable nightmare begins, worsening when the police turn up with a young boy that they claim is her son, even though Christine knows this not to be the case. As a film director, Clint Eastwood really has been at the top of his game now ...  Read the complete review

In 1928 Los Angeles, Christine Collins leaves her 9 year old son Walter alone in their suburban house as she heads off to work. What Christine doesn't know is that this fateful day could be the last time she ever sees sweet natured Walter Collins, as when she arrives home from work, Walter is gone... Panicked, Christine frantically searches the neighbourhood before ringing the police. 5 months pass and there is still no word on Christine's son, when the police arrive with the news that Walter has been found. Overjoyed, Christine is rushed to the train station to collect her son, however the boy she's presented with isn't her son. When no one will believe ...  Read the complete review

- Cast/Credits - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824747/fullcredits#cast - Story - Christine Collins is a single mother living in LA. She's suddenly called in to work an extra shift at her workplace at a telephone exchange and so, knowing her son is quite intelligent and grown up, she decides to leave him at home, however she regrets this after she comes home that evening to discover the home empty and no-one seems to know his whereabouts. She phones the LAPD to file a missing persons report but they down play it and say that she cant file a report until the next day, assuring her that he'll turn up overnight, however he ...  Read the complete review