"Changeling" ** (out of four): A nine-year-old boy disappears and his mother's search is chronicled in this based on truth tale that engenders curiosity but leaves one strangely detached.

Clint Eastwood is here to unveil his yearly "mega-depth" film that will no doubt garner lots of attention based on its strong showing at Cannes. In his latter years he has gone from movie tough guy to noted auteur, at least to some degree. While I've enjoyed some of his recent films, I've also found others to be grandly overrated. "Million Dollar Baby" immediately pops to mind as an example of this.

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