Movie Review - Changeling

Rating: 9/10

Changeling stars Angelina Jolie in the role of Christine Collins, a single mother during 1928 America. On the 10th of March 1928, she leaves for work because a co-worker called in sick. She left her son, Walter, at home listening to the radio. When she arrived, she found that he was gone. She begins a search for her missing son. A few months later, the police declare that they have found her son. But when Christine sees him, she insists that it is not Walter, it is not her son. Thus, begins the heart-breaking story of a mother whose one wish is to see her son again.

Aww. This movie is a tear-jerker and a great tribute to mothers. It just proves that they will do anything (even enter an asylum) to search for their children. The scene I loved best (and probably the most dramatic one) was when Christine watched as another mother was reunited with her lost son after five years. In the following scene, she tells the police officer that the reunion had given her what she had lost: hope. It's bittersweet to know that, after all the setbacks, Christine Collins never believed that her son was dead and that she kept looking for him.

Changeling touches our emotional side in a deep way. I hope that you'll be able to watch it in the future because it's so beautiful.