The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (DVD)

Starring - Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett Genre - Oscar chasing romantic biopic Awards - 3 technical Oscars Running time 166 minutes ----------------------------------------------- Benjamin Button: "Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss". ----------------------------------------------- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the worse case scenario for the professional film critic, which isn't me, of course. Its not that it's particularly bad or anything but what it represents. It's strategically released around the awards season in February so the movie press can go along to the freebie ...  Read the complete review

Rumoured to be one fo the most powerfully emotionally dramas of the past few years, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is one of those films I've been 'curious' watch for the past few months. As part of my Lovefilm order, I watched it yesterday, and was riveted from start to finish. That having been said, I didn't find it astoundingly amazing, by any means. It is incredibly well shot, acted and presented, but there was nothing in the story that really astounded me. Sure, it's worth listening to the advice about watching with a box of tissues, as it does have its moments, but there's nothing to shock, and not much twisting and turning. It's ...  Read the complete review

Somewhere in the midst of this film, our protagonists, Benjamin and Daisy are just like any other couple. Daisy (Cate Blanchett) is a dance teacher, Benjamin (Brad Pitt) the inheritor of a button empire fortune; the pair have just bought their own house and spend hours watching TV and generally enjoying each other's company. This, though, is just a snapshot of a moment - and it tells very little of their true story. The pair first met when Benjamin was in his late seventies and Daisy was eight. Born into the body of an old man, Benjamin is growing younger by the day, meaning the pair's ages have been slowly converging until these few years in the sixties when their ...  Read the complete review

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is loosely based on a story written in 1921 by F Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby. In a hospital room in New Orleans an elderly woman Daisy (Cate Blanchett) is on her deathbed, with her daughter Caroline (Julia Ormond) at her side. As hurricane Katrina approaches, she gives her daughter a diary which narrates the story of how she came to know Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt). With excerpts from the diary and added bits filled in by Daisy, the whole story of Benjamin's life is pieced together from the moment of his birth at the end of the World War 1 in 1918. Benjamin is born as a tiny wizened old man. His ...  Read the complete review

Film Only ~~~~~~~ This film, based on a short story written by F. Scott Fitgerald is an epic of time. It tells the tale of a child born suffering the weaknesses of old age who lives his life backwards, growing younger with every year that passes. A long line of screenwriters have attempted to put this story to film but Eric Roth takes the famous author's premise and creates a more elaborate, beautiful narrative than the short story could ever convey. The film is set in New Orleans, a city known for its endless colour, gentle ways and exoticism. The time period is between the First World War and Hurricane Katrina. Benjamin's (Brad ...  Read the complete review