This film is about the life of Benjamin Button who was born old and died young. It stars Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button and Cate Blanchett as Daisy, the love of his life.

Benjamin Button's mother died in childbirth and he was left on the steps of an old people's home by his father who thought he looked like a monster. Queenie, who worked at the old people's home found him and raised him as her own. This story charts Benjamin's life as he was growing up but he was a frail old man as a child who slowly became younger as he grew older. It charts his milestone achievements of having his first drink, meeting his father, falling in love and earning a living.

Cate Blanchett plays Daisy who was the grand daughter of a resident who lived at the old people's home and they struck up a friendship which lasted throughout the years. She became a dancer and lived a frivolous life in New York and later Paris but things changed for her when she was involved in an accident which ended her dancing career.

After a period of silence Daisy comes back to Benjamin and they embark on a relationship which lasts several years and includes the birth of their daughter.

This film is about acceptance and the yearning of a love lost and then found but only to be lost again as both characters realise they cannot be together.

This film is almost three hours long and it progresses at a slow steady pace. It was engaging and I did not mind that the film was so long but the film sort of never picked up and towards the end I found it a bit tedious. It really was just a film about someone's life and whilst I appreciate life can be dull I expected this to be a bit more interesting and maybe have a few more life changing events.

I understand that the aging process was all done via technology so Brad Pitt never had to wear any prothetics to look old. This kind of ruined the appeal somehow as you think as actors, they would be prepared to do all they could for their role. It was nice seeing how handsome Brad Pitt became as he got older though :)

This film is worth watching if you have three hours to spare but it is not a film which I will be rushing to see again.