Suspicion of change

Celestine 2022-03-21 09:01:32

Child: "Mom, why don't I have a father?"
Mother: "You know when every child is born, the father receives a box with what may be the scariest thing in the world for them called responsibility."
Son: "So he was scared away?"
Mother: "Yes~" A

very incisive dialogue between a single mother and son opened the prelude to this well-received classic.

As a suspense film, the main line of the story always focuses on the mother's firm search for her missing son. The twists and turns of being maliciously exchanged are interspersed in the middle, resulting in disputes with the police station and damage to personal rights, which leads to the evolution and sublimation of the protagonist's ideological level. The plot of discovering the real murderer was inadvertently imported from another story line, and finally combined skillfully. The script is really well thought out.

Although the film is about the pain and perseverance of a mother who lost her child, in the face of the corruption and frame-up of the police system, I think it is fortunate that the society did not face this matter indifferently. support from almost everyone. At this level, the tone of the film is actually quite positive and clear. Human society, justice Ling Ran, mother is not fighting alone.

The most shocking scene is that at the end of the trial, the uncle of the lawyer righteously refuted the words of the high-ranking police officer, which was really heart-warming and shocking.

We stand on the side of justice, so we can face and pierce all the filth and ugliness with a stern attitude. This momentum comes from inner integrity and strength.

Angelina Jolie interprets rich traits in this drama, the style and forbearance of a single mother, the torture and pain of losing a child, and the tenacity and restraint of confronting the police system. In the end, the dispute came to an end, everything turned into "hope", and continued to wait with grief.

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Extended Reading

Changeling quotes

  • Christine Collins: Why would they do this?

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: To avoid admitting they made a mistake when they brought back the wrong boy. Of course, anyone reading the newspaper with half a brain would see through it instantly. Sadly, that would exclude about half the readership of the Times. Mrs. Collins, I have made it my mission in life to bring to light all the things the LAPD wish none of us ever knew about. A department ruled by violence, abuse, murder, corruption and intimidation. When Chief Davis took over the force two years ago, he said...

    Chief James E. Davis: We will hold court against gunmen in the streets of Los Angeles. I want them brought in dead, not alive, and I will reprimand any officer who shows the least mercy to a criminal.

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: He picked fifty of the most violent cops on the force, gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the Gun Squad. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road, and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that. This police department does not tolerate dissent or contradiction or even embarrassment. And you are in a position to embarrass them and they do not like it. They will do anything in their power to discredit you. I've seen it happen too many times to start going blind now. That's why I wanted to meet you, to let you know what you're getting yourself into and to help you fight it, if you choose to.

    Christine Collins: Reverend, I appreciate everything that you're doing and everything that you said, but I'm not on a mission. I just want my son home.

  • Dr. John Montgomery: He had two cavities that needed filling. He put up a fight, but I took care of it.

    Christine Collins: And?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Your son's upper front teeth were separated by a small tissue, a diastema. It made them sit about an eighth of an inch apart. The boy in that room has no such gap.

    Christine Collins: Can that change with age? Because that's what they're going to say.

    Dr. John Montgomery: In some cases, yes, it's possible. But the tissue between Walter's teeth prevents that from happening. You see, they can never come together without an operation to sever the tissue, and I can tell you right now that he has never had such an operation.

    Christine Collins: Would you be willing to put that officially in writing?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Pardon my language, but hell yes.