UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

johnkop-81957 I had just watched this movie and WOW. Jolies performance was so remarkable. The movie had me in tears and very emotional. I have mental issues and it what so dear to my heart. She gave an exquisite and gut wrenching performance. I am so hurt how society could be so brutal and disheartening towards mental health issues in the early years. So Angenlina you are the best actress. Your performance in this movie was so inspirational and heartwarming.

Jitendra Kotai This movie is very well directed. Clint Eastwood successfully narrates the story and depicts that era on the screen beautifully. Angelina Jolie looks beautiful and emotes superbly. She does justice to her role and her character looks from that era. The supporting cast is flawless and the casting is impeccable. A very well made film

cac_70 Not a bad movie, but it isn't very well-directed. It assumes the mother is in a vacuum and that the whole "where is my son?!?" plea is just between her and the fake son. There's no family to back her up? No teachers that would back up her story that the impostor isn't her son, at the very beginning?!?!? No neighbors, no friends, no aunts, uncles, etc., etc., etc.?!I think Clint Eastwood is a great actor but his direction skills aren't very good when it comes to an important topic like police corruption.IMDb is apparently being run by dumb people/kids, and is saying the review above is not long enough. How stupid. So here it goes again:Not a bad movie, but it isn't very well-directed. It assumes the mother is in a vacuum and that the whole "where is my son?!?" plea is just between her and the fake son. There's no family to back her up? No teachers that would back up her story that the impostor isn't her son? No neighbors, no friends, no aunts, uncles, etc., etc., etc.? I think Clint Eastwood is a great actor but his direction skills aren't very good when it comes to an important topic like police corruption.

SeriousJest The film is set mostly in the 1920s, but the hokiness of some of its scenes (although, according to IMDb, "Virtually every event depicted in the film appears as cited in legal documents, with dialog often taken verbatim from court transcripts") and its sappy score are straight out of the 1990s. However, all of that is overcome by tremendous acting performances, especially from Jolie (but not Eddie Alderson, who was not convincing as Sanford Clark), as well as by the incredible story, which is mostly true.I can't believe that this could happen to somebody. This is yet another frightening example of the dangers inherent in handing over unchecked power to any law enforcement organization. If we do not pay attention to history, we are doomed to repeat it.Additionally, this story reminds me of the value of today's technology and social media. While many complain about how much easier it is to invade someone's privacy, it is also a lot easier to expose corruption. Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Oscar Grant...these cases are not a new trend developing amongst police departments. This kind of rampant corruption and abuse of authority has existed for long before anyone can remember. But now we finally have the tools to expose them.And it's not just the police. As an attorney, I have personally stopped a mental health professional from wrongfully committing a person to a mental health institution over what basically amounted to a petty verbal argument between the doctor and the patient.Respect to Straczynski for getting this movie made. This is where filmmaking crosses over into activism. If someone just told you the facts of this case, you might struggle to fathom how this would play out in actuality...how many people would have to screw up, be complicit, or just flat out do nothing to perpetuate this evil...and just how many people would have to decide to do the right thing, even at risk to their own career, financial interests, or even personal safety, in order to unf*ck this mess. This movie very effectively portrays how this unfortunate situation could very plausibly go down...and while there are many more checks and balances today to help prevent some of the previous injustices from happening again, perhaps some who would previously dismiss all police corruption and mental health abuse as wild conspiracy theories might have their minds changed just a little bit by this film.For more reviews and a kickass podcast, check out: www.livemancave.com