2:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Ho-hum. Clint Eastwood went to Cannes and all he got were more late-career raves, award mentions, his star Angelina Jolie on his arm and perhaps the most
meta title switcheroo in Hollywood history:
The Exchange (née
Changeling) has all kinds of fans at the festival, where the child-disappearance drama premieres today in competition and already has Variety’s Todd McCarthy running back at his hotel room to
change his pants:
The intercutting of two heavyweight proceedings, a murder trial and a landmark City Hall hearing, provide the story’s dramatic crescendo, although even greater tension stems from what comes thereafter. In the end,
Changeling joins the likes of
Chinatown and
L.A. Confidential as a sorrowful critique of the city’s political culture.
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