Review – Changeling

Though the underlying story here has potential, the movie it turns into is a muddled mess. Angelina Jolie stars as a single mom in the late 1920s trying to support herself and her son. One day she comes home from work to find the boy gone. The police prove unhelpful until public pressure forces them to do something. Unfortunately, what they decide to do is haul an abandoned child in from another state and try to convince the poor woman that he’s her kid. Then when she doesn’t buy it, they have her locked up in the loony bin. That’s enough plot for an hour and a half or so, but for some strange reason the picture keeps right on going for an hour after the main conflicts are resolved. A little more attention to plot and pace would have made this a lot better movie. Mildly amusing