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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.
Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.
Drama, Fantasy, Romance - 2008
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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 backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
Director:
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David Fincher
Cast:
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Cate Blanchett
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Brad Pitt
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Jason Flemyng
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Tilda Swinton
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Elias Koteas
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Jared Harris
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Julia Ormond
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Elle Fanning
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Mahershala Ali

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
166 min
Release date:
25 Dec 2008
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$150,000,000
Revenue:
$333,932,083
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 83 wins & 160 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

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,
29 Dec 2008
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,
30 Dec 2008
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,
30 Dec 2008
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,
2 Jan 2009
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,
5 Feb 2009
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