The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Cast & Crew

Brad Pitt
Benjamin Button

Cate Blanchett
Daisy

Taraji P. Henson
Queenie

Julia Ormond
Caroline

Jason Flemyng
Thomas Button

Mahershala Ali
Tizzy

Jared Harris
Captain Mike

Elias Koteas
Monsieur Devereaux

Phyllis Somerville
Grandma Fuller

Tilda Swinton
Elizabeth Abbott

Lance E. Nichols
Preacher

Rampai Mohadi
Ngunda Oti

Elle Fanning
Daisy Age 7

Madisen Beaty
Daisy Age 10

Faune Chambers Watkins
Dorothy Baker

Donna DuPlantier
Blanche Devereux

Tom Everett

David Fincher
Director

Eric Roth
Screenwriter

Frank Marshall
Producer

Kathleen Kennedy
Producer

Ceán Chaffin
Producer

Alexandre Desplat
Original Music

Jacqueline West
Costume Designer

Angus Wall
Film Editor

Kirk Baxter
Film Editor

Donald Graham Burt
Production Design

Claudio Miranda
Cinematographer

Tom Reta
Supervising Art Direction

Randy Moore
Art Director

Scott Plauche
Art Director

Kelly Curley
Art Director

Michele Laliberte
Art Director

Victor J. Zolfo
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Critic Reviews for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Audience Reviews for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Dec 30, 2014

  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a sentimental reflection on the ephemeral nature of love and of life.
  Eddie C Super Reviewer
• Nov 01, 2014

  a good story, an extra half a star 'cause thought it wouldn't work but it did. different to Finchers usual stuff!
  Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
• Dec 09, 2013

  David Fincher delivers his most sincere venture yet, with the almost three hour epic drama "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button". Centered on an infant born with the qualities of an old man, complete with cataracts and arthritis, abandoned by his father, and taken in by a black woman named Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), the story of the film follows as the boy ages backwards, becoming physically younger every day, but inhabiting the mind of the age to which a normal human would. Brad Pitt plays Benjamin Button for a better part of the film, mostly through CGI, yet still commands this role with a sincerity and integrity that is admirable. Cate Blanchett plays the love interest, Daisy, to whom Benjamin falls in love with at a very young age, as the narrative follows the two of them through their entire lives, eventually meeting at the middle of their lives when they look about the same age. The story is told through flashbacks as Daisy lays in a hospital bed, very aged and on her last legs of life, as her daughter reads to her from Benjamin's journal. This device is used more like chapter markers than anything as we venture through this sordid tale and adds very little besides a few telegraphed twists not are not delved into. The CGI is done as well as possible but still comes off less than authentic, showing the signs of the computer generated that should be more than covered up with how far technology has come. With some unnecessary jaunts in the story like being involved in the Pearl Harbor bombing aftermath and most of the fishermen story, this film could have been slightly shorter, but in having covered a characters entire life, that long run-time can slightly be forgiven. At no point does the film feel like a David Fincher film, remaining too upbeat and emotional than any of his previous work, creating this grand tale that truly brings to life the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  Christopher H Super Reviewer
• Sep 21, 2013

  A great piece of story telling. Very compelling acting along with breathtaking cinematography. It is one of those movies you just have to see.
  Jarrin R Super Reviewer

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