The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    2008

    Synopsis

    Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

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    Cast

    • Brad PittBenjamin Button
    • Cate BlanchettDaisy Fuller
    • Taraji P. HensonQueenie
    • Julia OrmondCaroline Fuller
    • Jason FlemyngThomas Button
    • Mahershala AliTizzy Weathers
    • Jared HarrisCaptain Mike
    • Elias KoteasMonsieur Gateau
    • Phyllis SomervilleGrandma Fuller
    • Tilda SwintonElizabeth Abbott

    Recommendations

    • 100

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date.
    • 100

      New York Post

      It takes a world-class storyteller and a great yarn to rivet your attention for nearly three hours. This very classy, old-school movie - employing cutting-edge technology that will make your eyes pop - did it for me.
    • 91

      Entertainment Weekly

      A curious case indeed: an extravagantly ambitious movie that's easy to admire but a challenge to love.
    • 90

      Newsweek

      Lyrical, original, misshapen and deeply felt, this is one flawed beauty of a movie.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      There's no denying the film's power of compulsion and the sense that, when it's all over, it means something. Most viewers will be entertained and moved, and some will find their intellect aroused.
    • 80

      Variety

      This odd, epic tale of a man who ages backwards is presented in an impeccable classical manner, every detail tended to with fastidious devotion.
    • 80

      New York Daily News

      Benjamin never questions his fate and ­never actually gets to enjoy being a kid. At least there's a thoughtful middle part, where the enigmatic Blanchett comes alive and Benjamin seems haunted by life -- someone we recognize, and not just a vessel tossed about by time.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      What Button shows is that Ben is ultimately not the hero of his own life or his own movie. He gets inside our head, that's for sure, but, frustratingly, we never get inside his.

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