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 the mechanic ex-girlfriend of a car thief played by Nicolas Cage; "The Washington Post" writer Stephen Hunter criticized that "all she does in this movie is stand around, cooling down, modeling those fleshy, pulsating muscle-tubes that nest so provocatively around her teeth." Jolie later explained that the film had been a welcome relief after her emotionally demanding role in "Girl, Interrupted". Although highly regarded for her acting abilities, Jolie had rarely found films that appealed to a wide audience, but "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001) made her an international superstar. An adaptation of the popular "Tomb Raider" videogames, the film