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Clint Eastwood's Changeling Struggling for Early Buzz
FirstShowing.net —
... gave it a bad review too but that hasn't been published yet. The Playlist also isn't too happy with the film, saying, "While it's another stoic drama, with its graceful beats, measured tones and an Oscar-deserving performance by Angelina Jolie, Changeling, is also a little endlessly long, far-fetched and replete with the predictable classic Hollywood filmmaking notes that Oscar love." ...
A Few More NYFF 'Changeling' Reviews
RopeofSilicon.com —
... more), but I also didn't link to three more negative reviews (the only three new NYFF reviews I could find), which I will do right now along with a little paraphrasing: The Playlist : In attempts to portray the injustices of L.A., the film becomes aggravating (the increasing difficulties are relentless and bordering on improbably). And in the effort to reveal mystery of what happened to her son later on in the picture, the film just becomes excessively long and a little exhausting. That's not to say there aren't any profound and powerful scenes. There's one in particular in ...
NYFF, Negative ‘Changeling’ Buzz
Fataculture —
... out of loyalty to a revered auteur or because it will provide a red-carpet thrill for the donors of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which presents the festival. This fall movie season certainly looks thin, which suggests that programming pickings were slim. But “Changeling,” embalmed by Ms. Jolie’s waxworks performance and a sepulchral production design, adds no luster to Mr. Eastwood’s reputation or the festival’s. It will doubtless earn Ms. Jolie another shot at an Oscar.” Our friends at The Playlist aren’t head over heels in love with the film either, even though they ...
