Brad Pitt,
Cate Blanchett,
Julia Ormond,
Taraji P. Henson,
Jared Harris
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"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 back...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 5, 2009
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Flixster Reviews (51,466)
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January 27, 2010A beautifully flawed film. Lacking in overarching meaning or message, emotional drama or believeability. Has great cast, breathtaking cinematography, make-up and special effects, class and timelessness. Has the feel of Forrest Gump about it. The film is highlighted by scenes that...( read more)
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December 25, 2009''Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss.''
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Brad Pitt: Benjamin Button
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December 13, 2009A melancholy meditation on life and death, growth and decay, love and loss, mirrored in a similarly juxtaposing fable of a man who ages against time. David Fincher's direction is outstanding, considering how difficult it must have been to give physical life to such an eerily unna...( read more)
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December 4, 2009The new Forrest Gump. Benjamin Button presents the perfect story of a different individual passing through history from a unique and beautiful perspective.
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November 18, 2009Some poinent moments that showcase periods and eras to our contemporary generation, also some high emotion and beautiful and fascinating concept. But strip it down and you are left with a weak structure which both actors have done before and leaves the viewer feeling slightly rob...( read more)
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February 8, 2010It was excellent, far better thank I anticipated it would be. The tale was told expertly, and it is a credit to the ensemble of actors that elevated the material to the level of poignancy and kept the necessary disbelief suspended. Taraji P. Henson most definitely deserved her no...( read more)
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February 7, 2010" Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments ! " watch this movie ! An Astonishing Rarity ! b e a u t i f u l extraordinary !
Critic Reviews
May 6, 2009
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
February 5, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
It often catches the Fitzgerald mood of elegy and might-have-been: that subtle rapture of remembrance that can make us prize the lost past or future over the gift-wrapped immediacies of the present. full review
December 25, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
A technological marvel and visual triumph. full review
December 25, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button sighs with longing and simmers with intrigue while investigating the philosophical conundrums and emotional paradoxes of its protagonist's condition. full review
December 25, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Given the resources and talent here, quite a movie might have resulted. But it's so hard to care about this story. full review
December 24, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The film, ambitious if flawed, also is lyrical and melancholy as it tells the story of a man aging backward. full review
December 24, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A film whose individual parts are more entrancing than the middlebrow whole. full review
December 23, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Indifferent to [F. Scott] Fitzgerald's ideas about society and ambition, Fincher falls back on Hollywood cliché -- reworking both Titanic and Forrest Gump. full review
December 22, 2008
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. full review
December 15, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
It's too bad that I can barely remember the movie after only a week. Nothing lasts, indeed. full review
Comments
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May 28, 2009i absolutely loved it. it was a bit different than i thought it would be. but i loved it, plus he's hottttt!
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March 31, 2009
A wonderful film
interesting story
Brad Pitt was so great
i love it so much
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February 28, 2009Most beautiful film that I have ever seen and in my opinion the most beautiful ever!. It is my second favourite film of all time after Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd. Heartbreaking, dramatic, funny, magical, inspiring, romantic. This film has it all!! Best film of 2008. Yes, better than The Dark Knight.
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January 17, 2009The worst movie ever invented !
and you call yourself actors!
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December 31, 2008I have just finished watching this movie, and was completely blown away. I was a little sceptical when I heard Pitt was given the lead. He did ok, but Blanchett was superb. I loved it!
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December 28, 2008One of the few quality films of 08 unique plot first-rate actors. Definately deserving an Oscar nomination at the very least!!!!
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December 27, 2008ya i agree this movie should get at least 4 if not 4 and a half stars this was an amazing movie brad pitt is a great actor this deserves way more then 2 and a half stars
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December 25, 2008The movie has a good chance of winning Best Picture and people have it at 3 stars? This is absurd. Shows how mindless people can be.
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