Fresh
An epic, melancholic romance that employs a multi-generational cast and groundbreaking visual effects. It's a testament to Fincher's skill as a storyteller that the film actually works, albeit sporadically.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.
2008 · 2h 46m · PG-13
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
David Fincher
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- David Fincher Director
- Cate Blanchett as Daisy
- Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button
- Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott
- Elle Fanning as Daisy as a Child
- Julia Ormond as Caroline Fuller
- Jason Flemyng as Thomas Button
- Elias Koteas as Monsieur Gateau
- Mahershala Ali as Tizzy Weathers
- Jared Harris Cast
- Taraji P. Henson Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Rotten
With a running time of almost three slow-going hours, the movie definitely makes you feel as though you're aging forward.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
Mostly, the film is an orgy of excess, in which Fincher indulges his passion for luxuriant image-making, with little regard for whether the story merits (or can withstand) such grandiose treatment.
Scott Foundas, Village Voice
Fresh
There's leisure to the storytelling, a splendor that captures the movie's celebratory but also melancholy ideas about our time on this mortal coil.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leaves you colder than it should, and it shouldn't leave you cold at all.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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