Changeling (film) Japanese film critic Shigehiko Hasumi listed the film as one of the best films of 2000-2009. Changeling (film) Changeling is a 2008 American mystery crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski, that explores child endangerment, female disempowerment, political corruption, mistreatment of mental health patients, and the repercussions of violence. The script was based on real-life events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop Murders in Mira Loma, California. The film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman reunited with a boy whom she immediately realizes is not her missing son. When she tries
Angelina Jolie even if it is these very strengths that will make people not want to watch what's onscreen." The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Jolie was named an honorary citizen of Sarajevo for raising awareness of the war. After a three-and-a-half-year absence from the screen, Jolie starred in "Maleficent" (2014), a live-action re-imagining of Disney's 1959 animation "Sleeping Beauty". Critical reception was mixed, but Jolie's performance in the titular role was singled out for praise; "The Hollywood Reporter" critic Sherri Linden found her to be the "heart and soul" of the film,