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Changeling (2008)
7.9
Ratings: 7.9/10 from 109,302 users
Metascore:
63/100
Reviews: 333 user | 244 critic | 38 from Metacritic.com A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day. Director:Clint EastwoodWriter:J. Michael Straczynski |
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Ben Harris
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Girl on Tricycle
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Madison Hodges | ... |
Neighborhood Girl
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Man at Diner
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Storyline
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
To find her son, she did what no one else dared.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some violent and disturbing content, and language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
El sustituto See more »Filming Locations:
All Saint's Episcopal Church - 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$55,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$489,015 (USA) (26 October 2008) (15 Screens)Gross:
$112,994,004 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Christine Collins: Walter, honey. Time to wake up.
Walter Collins: Just ten more minutes...
Christine Collins: Sorry, sport. You can sleep in tomorrow, that's what Saturdays are for.
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Trivia
Some scenes were filmed at a train station in San Bernardino, CA during the 2007 California brush fires. The whole set was thick with fire smoke. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: A scene set in 1928 features electro-convulsive therapy (also known as electroshock therapy). Electro-convulsive therapy was first used on humans in 1937, by Italian doctor Ugo Cerletti. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Christine Collins: Walter, honey. Time to wake up.
Walter Collins: Just ten more minutes...
Christine Collins: Sorry, sport. You can sleep in tomorrow, that's what Saturdays are for.
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The black-and-white Universal logo used in the 1940s opens the film. See more »
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