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Just got through watching this, Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich.
Based on a true story from the 1930's, Jolie plays a woman whose young son goes missing. He is found, or so she is told - except the boy she is told is her son is a stranger.
This was a period where there was a lot of corruption in the LA police force at the time, and it became clear that the police realising they had made a mistake, simply told her that she was emotional, confused, her son had changed a lot on 5 months etc and that she was mistaken. Basically, she was told to take the boy and keep her mouth shut.
That's not really giving the plot away (that much you can glean from the trailers and the basic plot synopsis), because as the movie goes on it becomes about much more than that simple plot strand. To reveal any more would spoil the enjoyment of the movie.
I found it completely captivating. I have always loved a really good 'David and Golaith' story, an ordinary person fighting the system...there is something very cathartic about an ordinary persons struggle against seemingly impossible odRAB.
And though this film offers no easy solutions or happy endings, it does have some of those really satisfying 'punch the air' moments when certain victories are achieved.
Brilliantly directed by Eastwood and superb acting by Jolie, this is a little gem of a movie.
Only 3 quid from my local Sainsbury's as well.
And I had absolutely no idea until the end credits that it was written by one J Michael Straczinsky...of Babylon 5 fame. One of my favorite sci fi tv series ever.
Based on a true story from the 1930's, Jolie plays a woman whose young son goes missing. He is found, or so she is told - except the boy she is told is her son is a stranger.
This was a period where there was a lot of corruption in the LA police force at the time, and it became clear that the police realising they had made a mistake, simply told her that she was emotional, confused, her son had changed a lot on 5 months etc and that she was mistaken. Basically, she was told to take the boy and keep her mouth shut.
That's not really giving the plot away (that much you can glean from the trailers and the basic plot synopsis), because as the movie goes on it becomes about much more than that simple plot strand. To reveal any more would spoil the enjoyment of the movie.
I found it completely captivating. I have always loved a really good 'David and Golaith' story, an ordinary person fighting the system...there is something very cathartic about an ordinary persons struggle against seemingly impossible odRAB.
And though this film offers no easy solutions or happy endings, it does have some of those really satisfying 'punch the air' moments when certain victories are achieved.
Brilliantly directed by Eastwood and superb acting by Jolie, this is a little gem of a movie.
Only 3 quid from my local Sainsbury's as well.
And I had absolutely no idea until the end credits that it was written by one J Michael Straczinsky...of Babylon 5 fame. One of my favorite sci fi tv series ever.