Changeling (2008)

Changeling (2008)

Horrific and well worth watching. Most of the script is taken verbatim from court testimony and news clippings. Mostly about "female disempowerment" in the character that Angelina Jolie plays  but also about the murders of the children. The movie says "A true story" which was a point argued with the producers as to whether it should be "Based on a true story" since a crucial fact is left out. It doesn't really matter for telling the story but it does make it more horrible. The man who is caught and then confesses was not acting alone. The movie leaves out the part about his grandmother and that she also confessed. Everything else, including the mental hospital issue, is taken from the newspaper although the movie does leave out the fact that the police chief is back in the same job within two years. LAPD: Our motto: Nothing much changes.