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(1 - 45) of 45 OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten Page   1   4/5 "A long cry from her typically one-dimensional heroine roles in films such as Wanted and Tomb Raider, Angelina Jolie proves she is more than just a gun-wielding sex symbol."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke 3.5/5 "Changeling is a very good movie that misses being great by the smallest of margins."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C+ "Changeling is compelling and flush with outstanding period detail, yet it can't locate the brakes, skidding from nail-biting tension into watch-checking boredom all too easily."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "...this is a film that, like [Jolie], could have stood to have its makeup smudged."   PopMatters   Chris Barsanti 2.5/5 "Suffers from more than its fair share of showy moments."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 2.5/5 "suffers from more than its fair share of showy moments"   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null B "Apart from a flashing neon light coda, Eastwood's drama made for a respectable competition entry at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 4/10 "A movie made with awards season in mind, "Changeling" offers extravagant affects and overwritten speeches."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "'Changeling' feels like a letdown despite several powerful moments because the adaptation could have used a little retooling before the cameras rolled."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger B "Its story is not easily forgotten."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "'Changeling' sticks to what was, and is, ugly and real but does not do justice to the nightmare."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3.5/4 "A gripping true story, stranger than fiction."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "Changeling announces itself as an autopsy of an expansive body of lies that it never actually performs, and as such the surprisingly graceless and phony aesthetic is what lingers most."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C "How could a story as genuinely bizarre as this one seem so generic and rambling on the screen?"   Film.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "Changeling is no escape, but more of a two-hour plus trap that never springs on us; a story of three parts that is thematically as absentee as the child himself."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "It's long and messy, covering all the bases and then some, but it's also fantastically entertaining. Its 140 minutes feel more like 90."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "The film ... becomes more of an examination of ... the misogynistic contrivances movie heroines have consistently been put through for audience entertainment."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. "Dreary, Oscar-or-die vehicle"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce C+ "A moody, melancholy period drama that's beautifully crafted but very subdued and obvious in its effects."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Opens our hearts to the excruciating anguish of parents of missing children and the continuing terrible mistreatment of women by men in positions of power and authority."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Clint Eastwood's Changeling falls into a common trap: by trying to do too much, it accomplishes too little."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "The story of what happened to Christine Collins is fascinating, and there are so many ways a director could have gone with it instead of just giving us a Lifetime movie draped in expensive period production values."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 6/10 "Frankly, if Clint Eastwood added some arias, this might've made a pretty good opera."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 77/100 "It must be noted that the movie demands some degree of resolve from its audience, and it promises no simple resolutions in return. This will trouble some, yet one can't call its rigorously factual approach dishonest or cheaply manipulative."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy " Eastwood, who has made fine movies in recent years, has got hold of a humdinger of a story. But he's too detached and lazy here."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards "A desiccated nowhereland, like something waiting to be feasted on by Stephen King's ravenous Langoliers."   UGO   Keith Uhlich 3/5 "While Changeling is a powerful film with many solid performances, it's obvious attempt to win awards gets in the way of telling a good story."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C+ "...loses its emotional impact beneath too many story offshoots while ironically giving short shrift to a couple that warranted more."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "It's a strangely arid piece of filmmaking, handsome, respectful, unsensational and thoroughly lifeless."   Miss FlickChick   Maitland McDonagh "[Jolie]'s oozing that mysterious charisma that's half dazzling intelligence and half riveting talent and half the magic of the gods of Hollywood smiling on her, and through her."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "Eastwood and Jolie take their time trying to draw a realistic and complex character sketch, which runs at odds with the hyped-up surroundings and circumstances."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "The film is nothing less than riveting. What hooked me above all else was the chance to peer into a different era where trust went a lot further than it does today."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "Eastwood's meticulous direction and the sheer outrageousness of the story make for absorbing drama though the strangeness of the facts makes the material seem overpacked."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow C- "There are three or four movies competing for attention within Changeling, and unfortunately for Clint Eastwood, they're all equally dreadful melodramatic drivel."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "Adota uma estrutura equivocada que o torna infinitamente mais longo do que o ideal, enfraquecendo ambas as tramas ao jamais explorá-las adequadamente."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "Whatever you think of her public image or some of her past roles, [Jolie} has really come into her own."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 ""Changeling" is not a complete embarrassment but it just never comes together into the dramatic and emotional powerhouse that it is pretending to be."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "A powerful true story makes this film worth seeing ... but Eastwood chooses to tell this as an over-produced, over-wrought melodrama."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "Proper drama is more than just screaming at the camera, and everyone involved here certainly knows the difference."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux A "The performances by Jolie, Malkovich, Jason Butler Harner and others are outstanding in this film."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 8/10 "Exploring oppression and corruption, Eastwood is a cinematic storyteller of extraordinary eloquence.""   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 7/10 "Like listening to a great violinist scraping the bow across the strings: for the most part it's quite beautiful, but the scratches are what stand out."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3.5/4 "Angelina delivers a fearless performance in a film that is far from conventional, but oh so lovely to look at."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 45) of 45 OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten Page   1