The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (DVD) Reviews

The film begins in a hospital with Caroline and her mother, her mother is dying with only a few hours to live. She suddenly tells Caroline the tale of Mr Gateux (or Mr Cake) and his train station clock, the clock runs backward, and this prompts Caroline's mother to ask Caroline to read from a diary she has in her suitcase. The diary ...  Read the complete review

I read the short story of this a few years ago and it's brilliant. It's usually the case where you read the story first then you are dissapointed in the film but this isn't the case with this. It's sticks to the origional plot well and although missing out on a few important things and being set a little later it does a good job of telling ...  Read the complete review

It is 1918 and the place is New Orleans. A husband is rushing home to is wife who has just given birth to a baby boy but the happiness is very short lived as the woman dies. The baby is not normal as he has the ailments of an 80 year old and has not been given long to live. The Father sees the baby as a monster and leaves him on the doorstep of ...  Read the complete review

Had heard this film was good, but didn't know anything more than "its about someone who gets younger instead of older". The films major "stars" are Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett (who oddly enough were both in Babel which I watched last week, not sure why its odd actually!). The tale goes that a baby is born, it's ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

We got this because my sister wanted to watch it, and also because of the hype surrounding the film. I heard that it wasn't that good from friends and that it is so long and boring... and had to make up my mind myself. ~~~DVD COVER~~~ The DVD cover is simple showing half a face of Brad Pitt and half of Cate Blanchett. It does not ...  Read the complete review

The worst thing one can say about the weakest David Fincher film is that it's "a touch underwhelming given it's a Fincher." The Game, by most standards, is a cracking thriller - just a touch underwhelming given it's a Fincher. Panic Room has an astonishing first hour and a disappointing and over-long third act - on the whole, though, ...  Read the complete review

Benjamin Button is no ordinary baby - in fact, Benjamin Button's life is running in reverse. Born a wrinkly and decrepit old (yet baby sized) man, it's Button's misfortune to 'grow young' - but where will this unusual transition end, and what effect will it have on those around him? When his mother dies during childbirth, Button (Brad ...  Read the complete review

This is a real tear jerker of a movie. I cried for about 30 minutes after watching it oops! My partner also loved it so its one for all the family not just us women. The film itself is long approx 2 and a half hours but its got such a well written story line that the time does fly by. It's played by Brad Pitt and Kate ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the best films I have watched this year. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Elle Fanning, Jason Flemyng, Julia Ormond and David Fincher who are all totaly brilliant in this epic movie. We hear the story as it is being read out of a diary charting the life of Benjamin Button. The story is basicaly about ...  Read the complete review

Benjamin Button is a strange tale. From what I gather, in the United States it is quite a well known tale, but i the UK, not so much. The film gathered significant critical acclaim on it's release, picking up 13 oscar nominations and winning three. Basically, the story is about a boy called Benjamin, played by Brad Pitt, who ...  Read the complete review

A few years ago I read a book called The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer which tells the story of a man born aged 70 years old who ages backwards and of the relationship he has with the woman he loves - as an old man with a young girl, then at the same age and finally as a child with an old lady. This is a fantastic book which was ...  Read the complete review

I loved this film and after watching it was in my thoughts for days as it really touched my heart. Of course the story is totally unrealistic and bizarre but absolutely brilliant and fascinating. Cate Blanchett is a wonderful actress and teamed with Brad Pitt they really made the film. Brad Pitt's performance as Benjamin Button was ...  Read the complete review

I watched 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' a few days ago and have been wondering how to write a review on this very different sort of story. Let me start off by saying that I really enjoyed the movie and was weeping by the end of it. On the other hand my husband was bored to tears and compared it to watching paint dry! Obviously it is ...  Read the complete review

Watching Cate Blanchett is like being a front of a pile of unopened presents: you just dont know what you'll get. Brilliant in 'Notes on a Scandal' but pretty rubbish in 'The Missing', I was filled with just a little sense of trepidation before deciding to brave 2 and 1/2 hours of film. Fortunately this proved to be one of her better ...  Read the complete review

I really like Cate Blanchett as an actress so, although I've never been all that struck on Brad Pitt, I thought this would be worth a look. The concept is based around a guy who is born old and becomes younger exploring all the issues that arise from that. Of course, whether you like a film is such a subjective thing but whilst I ...  Read the complete review

Starring Brad Pitt, this film follows the film of a man from his very birth into adulthood, all the way through his wonderful life, its amazing. His way of narrating the story, very slowly, drawing from his life experiences, and living his life to the fullest until the last detail, fascinates me. All of his experiences noted in his journal, ...  Read the complete review

Every now and then a heart warming story with great acting, makeup, special effects and score comes along that gets the Oscar buzz, such as Forrest Gump. 2008 presents this again with The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Based on a 1922 short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button follows the unique life of ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe that this film has been knocked so much in reviews. It is a truly magnificent film and I believe it deserved to win more Oscars than it did. The story begins with Daisy, an old woman who is dying in hospital, being visited by her daughter. Daisy asks her daughter to read a book to her. We soon find out that the book is ...  Read the complete review