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Watching Clint Eastwood’s Changeling filled me with a creepy sense of déjà vu. In the movie as well as real life, a quiet California town played host to one of histories most atrocious crimes and this all happened in an area that I spent a lot of time in as a youth. The town, named Wineville back in the twenties had long since changed its name due to the bad publicity but retained the same look and feel from the memories of my youth. I actually had a favorite aunt that lived within blocks of the actual crime scene and at that time I knew nothing about the infamous Chicken Coop Murders.

With Eastwood’s economical directorial style and Angelina Jolie’s effective and emotionally intense performance, the film draws you in even if you have no memories of the time or place. The character actions, set design and props mimic the late twenties era with pinpoint accuracy and the pacing, while a bit languid builds to a consuming climax.

Setting this story against the backdrop of the corruption of the late twenties Los Angeles police force provides the film with that extra sense of moral outrage and gives the viewer a real sense of us against them and makes you really pull for Jolie’s character, a single mother who has lost her son.

The film packed an emotional wallop that was enhanced by the memories on my youth but even for those of you that have never heard of these crimes, it is still a great thrill ride.
Rob Hudson
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