CHANGELING: An Oscar Nod For Angelina Jolie

I will admit right away... I am not a big fan of Angelina Jolie. I am not a big entertainment fan of "Braneglina" or whatever name combination can be used for Jolie and Brad Pitt. I'm just not that into celeb watching. BUT.... Jolie really does deserve an Oscar nomination... if not the statue for her role in Changeling. She is both engaging and intense. From the very start of the movie, you embrace her at "Christine". There is no question that Jolie is clearly the powerful woman who fought injustice for the return of her son. It takes only seconds to forget about the tabliod stories of Pitt and Jolie... and feel connected in a very emotional way to Jolie's character. More power to her... to take home an Oscar.

Here is the full synopsis from IBDB.
Inspired by actual events that occurred in 1920s-era Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" tells the story of a woman driven to confront a corrupted LAPD after her abducted son is retrieved and she begins to suspect that the boy returned to her is not the same boy she gave birth to. The year was 1928, and the setting a working-class suburb of Los Angeles. As Christine (Angelina Jolie) said goodbye to her son, Walter, and departed for work, she never anticipated that this was the day her life would be forever changed. Upon returning home, Christine was distressed to discover that Walter was nowhere to be found. Over the course of the following months, the desperate mother would launch a search that would ultimately prove fruitless. Yet just when it seemed that all hope was lost, a nine-year-old boy claiming to be Christine's son seemed to appear out of thin air. Overcome with emotions and uncertain how to face the authorities or the press, Christine invites the child to stay in her home despite knowing without a doubt that he is not her son. As much as Christine would like to accept the fact that her son has been returned to her, she cannot accept the injustice being pushed upon her and continues to challenge the Prohibition-era Los Angeles police force at every turn. As a result, Christine is slandered by the powers that be, and painted as an unfit mother. In this town, a woman who challenges the system is putting her life on the line, and as the situation grows desperate, the only person willing to aid her in her search is benevolent local activist Reverend Briegleb (John Malkovich).