The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Name: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 2008-12-25
Duration: 166 min

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.

20082h 46mcritics 7.6/10

Drama Fantasy Romance

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.

starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond

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Read from 113 comments (62 from Reddit, 48 from Metacritic, 3 from TMDB reviews) — 28 of them described how it moves.

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Reddit33 read

“especially the last few scenes when he started to forget, while playing his favorite piano melody, but couldnt play it, just that music alone made it incredibly sad to me, but brilliant”
BeatmakerX▲ 21about 80–100% inread it ↗
“the ending just really got me, from the moment Benjamin left without saying goodbye and daisy taking on the caretaker roll”
Known-Ad-100▲ 5about 75–100% inread it ↗
“the ending where he literally turns into a baby is dumb”
▲ 5about 85–100% inread it ↗
“Watched the first hour and turned it off.”
▲ 3about 0–33% inread it ↗

Metacritic25 read

“the bit where they wree 40 was to long”
gruvvulousabout 33–66% inread it ↗
“This really doesn't need to be half as long as it is. All the major scenes play as window dressing, dull in-between moments that stretch for as long as they can.”
drqshadowabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“the phase of the second act of the film which i found not bad but way too slow and i did got quite a lot of yawn during the second act”
Habibiehakimabout 33–66% inread it ↗
“One may have some emotional breakdowns at certain times and become numb”
twistedoracleabout 33–66% inread it ↗

TMDB2 read

“There are moments--when Benjamin's coming into his own, both with Tilda Swinton's character and with Cate Blanchett's--that are amongst the finest and most invigorating I have ever seen in cinema.”
talisencrwabout 20–80% inread it ↗
“This movie is in my top 10 movie list in life. It is a cinema achievement that may never be outdone by 'anyone'. Considering that this masterpiece was shot digitally in 2007, it is miles above any CG effort since. For those of you that haven't seen it: "SEE IT". Besides a great story (with one flaw), this film makes illusion and simulation become reality. The one flaw: I have great respect for David Fincher, and I am going to go out on a limb and say that he must have been aware of this d”
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