The Changeling

There are a few Movies that I have watched or partially watched because they were suggested to me by others.  One of these was called Wolf Creek and the other was called the Changeling.  In both cases, the former I could not finish the movie and the latter I had watched too far before I realised what it was about. 

There are a few topics in Movie which I find uncomfortable and there is a theme that both these movies share, the former to a greater extent than the latter.  Although I could not bring myself to watch either again I felt in the case of the Changeling I would include it in this challenge for two reasons.  Firstly that I love Angelina Jolie and secondly that for the most part the Changeling deals with a number of complicated issues that once plagued the police force in the USA and some would argue persist to this day not just within the USA in many countries as a whole.

In this Movie a Mother find that her son goes missing and she endeavours to find him and to ultimately discover what happened to him.  The Police after a while decide that the case has lasted too long and present a different boy as her son and when she objects she is confined to a mental institution where she is mistreated.  The Movie as a whole employs tragedy in many areas and is wrought with injustice.

Once again I include the trailer, I would say "enjoy" but in all good conscience I can not, this is not a happy go lucky Movie or one I would ask a family to sit together and watch.  I struggle to even brand this Movie as Entertainment but it is nonetheless and emotional, powerful story that evokes a reaction from the viewer and that is what this challenge the 30 days of Tragedy is all about - acknowledging that life is not always a bed of Roses, even the most beautiful Rose has thorns.