Plot Summary - Period crime drama directed by Clint Eastwood and set in late twenties Los Angeles, based on a true story. About Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), mother of a nine-year old boy, Walter, who disappears one day and the troubles she has with the police investigation that follows. POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE REST OF REVIEW: the police deliver a boy five months later who claims to be Walter, but mom knows better and denies that this boy is really her son. Christine insists he's not the boy and the police have made a mistake - the cops want her to refute her claims against them and insist she's insane. Corruption in the LAPD leading to a trip into a local mad house for Christine (where other women who stood up against cops have been thrown and electric shock treatments are the norm) and a real life murder story infamously known as the "Wineville Chicken Coop Murders".
Review - A gripping story from beginning to end - I really liked this. It's an odd, scary tale that - unbelievably enough - really happened. Jason Butler Harner, the actor who plays the deranged murderer/monster, gives a really memorable, absolutely chilling performance - I could swear the man was actually a psychotic killer! The recreation of twenties/thirties L.A. is masterfully done, I loved seeing the streets and old red cars looking so realistic! A week later and I'm still thinking about this story. Rating - 9/10 stars
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