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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

David Fincher

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton ...

7.2

124,398

Fantasy. Romance. Drama The story is about Benjamin Button, a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. That is, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. “I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A splendidly made film based on a profoundly mistaken premise. (...) The movie's premise devalues any relationship, makes futile any friendship or romance (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"A richly satisfying serving of deep-dish Hollywood storytelling (...) An example of the most advanced technology placed entirely at the service of story and character"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A lush, romantic hothouse bloom (...) Above all, though, is a triumph of technique"
		Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"'Benjamin Button' is all of a visionary piece, and it's a soul-filling vision."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The movie looks amazing. And for the first hour, when storytelling and special effects bond like lovers, it plays even better (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Remove 'curious' from the title and replace it with 'twee and pointless', and you're close to it (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"The problem with 'Benjamin Button' is that Pitt's physicality is the only astonishing thing about it. Strip away that gimmick and it's utterly conventional and predictable"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"See 'Benjamin Button,' just don't try to guess his age. (...) The film, ambitious if flawed, also is lyrical and melancholy (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."
		Christopher Monfette IGN	"It is capable of speaking to every audience, young and old (...) A magical, heartfelt, joyful and melancholy film, beautiful to look at and filled with wonder"
		Ian Freer Empire	"[It is similar] to 'Forrest Gump' (...) And both are exquisitely tailored pieces of filmmaking that put dazzling visual effects in the service of deeply human stories (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"A gravely beautiful drama about the mysteries of aging and death."
		Richard Corliss Time	"This film's manifold pleasures come in a series of small packages, with treats inside as tasty as they are unexpected."

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