Sure, I cried at the end. I'm not a robot. But I cry at cat food commercials if they punch the right button. I just can't get on the Button train. I wish I could have obeyed my instincts and stayed home.
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12/15/09
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
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Reviews Counted:222
Fresh:158
Rotten:64
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an epic fantasy tale with rich storytelling backed by fantastic performances.
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $127,490,802
Synopsis: At once epic in scope and intimate in detail, David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is certainly the director's most emotional film to date (though FIGHT CLUB and SEVEN don't offer... [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton
Director: David Fincher
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Reviews for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Brad Pitt spends a lifetime aging backward in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and there are points in the movie where your tired hindquarters feel as if they've been along for every minute of his strange journey.
09/18/09
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the total package, a deftly assembled fairy tale that unspools like a pleasant dream.
09/04/09
Who knew that F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story would end up on the screen as a three-hour Botox ad?
08/26/09
Between the visuals and the Pitt factor, this is a movie your girlfriend will dig, but there's enough crazy fantasy stuff going on that I'd never call it a "chick flick."
08/13/09
ostvarenje koje bi se komotno moglo nazvati Forrest Gump 2.0
07/15/09
a slow starter, and it never really speeds up into a thrilling film, save for one scene of war on the ocean. However, it's not meant to be fast-paced or riveted with action.
06/14/09
Yes, Button can be glorious, but the Hollywood glamour drowns the soul that it so needs. Plus, there is the insistent reminder that we will all lose our looks and die.
06/10/09
With fine acting all around, and Fincher's typically meticulous filmmaking engagingly, if coldly, transportive above and beyond Roth's mediocre script, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button bears examining. [Blu-ray]
05/17/09
... A beautiful, heartbreaking film ... packed with tender, loving performances and some of the most astounding visual effects we have ever seen.
05/15/09
an outsized romantic epic built on a potentially flimsy bit of fantastical whimsy that instead becomes an affecting allegory for the fleeting joys of life
05/11/09
The movie is gentle and sweet. Nothing more. Nothing less. And told most poetically.
05/01/09
Fincher's fascination with, and film's illusory power over, time deepened the mystery of his previous film, Zodiac. Such insights also redeem Button from its cuteness and kitsch.
04/23/09
It's a curious story indeed, a long and rambling exploration of time and what we make of it.
03/21/09
It is the cream of the crop in the categories of cinematography, editing, art direction, sound mixing, costume design, special visual effects, makeup and original musical score.
03/21/09
An exceptionally well made movie with strong performances, most notably those by Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, both at the top of their games.
03/01/09
On the one hand, it is a masterful piece of craftsmanship, replete with outstanding cinematography, set design and special effects makeup work. On the other hand, it's slow-paced and overstuffed, not to mention
03/01/09
This is a kindly, sweet-hearted film, filled with some truly touching stuff about impermanence, love and loss. But at a languorous 165 minutes it’s old before its time.
02/12/09
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an anodyne Hollywood film that offers a safe and sanitised view of life and death. It’s Forrest Gump goes backwards.
02/12/09
This bizarre American odyssey carries a lot of cultural freight, but fails to delivers it to a destination of any significance.
02/12/09
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