changeling

If I am Walter, I want to be with my mother. No matters the police will catch me, I want come home and live with my mother. This movie had something can’t be understood. Why the killer said Walter was an angle? If Walter was live, why he didn’t look for his mother? When the end of the movie, I was shocked that the police was so corrupt. They lied to people for their power and face, and jailed women just because they make police shame. Christine, Walter’s mother, face the big and corrupt police system along. I am so worship her courage, and so proud of her. This is my reflection on CHANGELING




Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son—only to realize he is an impostor. After she confronts the city authorities they vilify her as an unfit mother and brand her delusional. The dramatized incident was connected to the "Wineville Chicken Coop" kidnapping and murder case. Changeling explores female disempowerment, political corruption, child endangerment and the repercussions of violence.

After hearing about the case from a contact at Los Angeles City Hall, Straczynski spent a year researching the historical record, which he said shaped 95% of the script. The shooting script was Straczynski's first draft and his first produced film screenplay. Several actors campaigned for the lead; Eastwood cast Jolie partly because he felt her face fit the period setting. Most of the characters were based on real life people, while some were composites. Filming of this movie took place in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. Eastwood's low-key direction led actors and crew to note the calmness of the set and the short working days. In post-production, scenes were supplemented with computer-generated skylines, backgrounds, vehicles and people.

Although this movie does not have a happy ending, still I am deeply touched by the mother who used every effort and never gave up hopes of finding her son. I am thankful to the classmate who suggested this film, so we have the opportunity to see such a wonderful movie.


On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son,
Walter, and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine-year-old is
returned. But she realizes this child is not hers. As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-ear LA, women don’t challenge the system and live to tell their story.
Christine is a resolute female. Face the corrupt police system, she suffer much cruel treatment from police. But she never yield. she struggle with police for her son and rightfulness. I admire her resolute, she is worthy of our leaning.