I must admit that I didn't know much at all about the plot when I put the DVD in the player, although I was, of course, aware that the film had been nominated for 3 Oscars.
So when the story started to unfold, with Christine Collins' son having gone missing, I wasn't sure whether I was going to like the film, simply expecting a drama with a missing boy and a distraught mother looking for him for the next 2 hours or so.
That changed the very moment "her son", who she insists is not her boy, is returned to her. From that moment onwards, I was glued to my seat. A fantastic performance given by Angelina Jolie, and a storyline that any writer would have difficulty to come up with, it's so unbelievable, so chilling, so outrageous. That the script apparently sticks very close to real events definitely works in favour of the film.
This is a very powerful piece of art!
So when the story started to unfold, with Christine Collins' son having gone missing, I wasn't sure whether I was going to like the film, simply expecting a drama with a missing boy and a distraught mother looking for him for the next 2 hours or so.
That changed the very moment "her son", who she insists is not her boy, is returned to her. From that moment onwards, I was glued to my seat. A fantastic performance given by Angelina Jolie, and a storyline that any writer would have difficulty to come up with, it's so unbelievable, so chilling, so outrageous. That the script apparently sticks very close to real events definitely works in favour of the film.
This is a very powerful piece of art!