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Carol May
Film Handler

Posts: 48
From: los angeles, ca, usa
Registered: Nov 2006

posted 10-25-2008 08:30 PM

The only thing I'd change about Changeling is its name. I keep thinking it's a sci-fi movie.

It is a great movie, good ol' Clint comes through again. Being an Angeleno, it has special significance as well.

Performances are very good, costumes, setting, all on target. There are some cliches, but since the story moves along and is engrossing, it's not bothersome.

There are so many horrible things going on at the same time, lesser directors would just wind up with clutter, but Clint connects them well and glides smoothly from one to another. It's another long movie (140 min.) but doesn't feel like it. There aren't any scenes that aren't directly relevant to the story, so you stay with it all.

I might have changed the score to something closer to period. I did notice the usual Clint jazz a couple times, and that took me away from the movie. All around excellent, though.

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Tom Petrov
Five Guys Lover

Posts: 1121
From: El Paso, TX
Registered: Jan 2003

posted 01-19-2009 12:18 AM

I finally saw it tonight.

If Clint Eastwoods other work like Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby weren't so good then the Changeling would be brilliant.

Overall 4 out 5 stars. Excellent score by Eastwood as well.

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Christian Appelt
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 505
From: Frankfurt, Germany
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 01-28-2009 10:22 AM

Excellent film, like Carol said, it doesn't feel that long.
Great performances by everyone in it, and it has been some time since I saw really sharp and detailed long shots like that. Perfect use of CGI to create vintage backgrounds, and a classic style of cinematography with nothing fancy but well composed shots.
Personally, I dislike the concept of desaturating colors for period stories and think they went to far with it, giving Angelina Jolie a clown-like appearance in many shots. But I guess that's what Eastwood wanted, and I'd consider this an almost perfect movie.

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