The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (DVD) Reviews

My feelings about this film are split in two: On the one hand it is a melancholy story, told in a protracted and often tedious manner. On the other hand, it is certainly a curious tale which is often beguiling, and the filming is competent and sensitive. The special effects used to age Brad Pitt are incredible - you just ...  Read the complete review

While i wasn't expecting much from this film, what i got was a lot worse. I thought the idea sounded strange and interesting, and thought that the movie would probably be full of plot twists and shocking moments revealing why Mr Button was born old and got young. What i got was a boring film that was more like a romantic novel than ...  Read the complete review

I was determined to see this film as soon as I saw the trailer; great picture, interesting scenes and Brad Pitt. Recently I've been quite interested in how his career is shaping, despite his heart throb reputation, I do consider him to be a good actor and who is one of the few people to uphold a whole film on his own (like Will ...  Read the complete review

I had been looking forward to watching this movie as I gernerally enjoy most movies that Brad Pitt Stars in.The movie is based around the life of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) who starts off life by being born with the body of an old man.As life and the story progress instead of ageing Button starts becoming younger.The acting in the movie is ...  Read the complete review

Yes, the film is INCREDIBLY long. It spans on for almost three hours and the impatient ones out there will DEFINITELY not enjoy this so... you know who you are... stay away from this film. But for people who enjoy things like this, you will love and treasure every minute of this. Focusing on a man's life that lasts 70-80 years, the various events ...  Read the complete review

The curious case of how to stretch a short story to breaking point and bore people witless more like. In David Fincher's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's nearly 100 year old short story, Brad Pitt plays the eponymous character born an old man at the end of World War 1 who ages backwards. The movie is narrated by Julia ...  Read the complete review

I'm deeply affected and touched by this wonderful masterpiece. I don't care what Roger Ebert and others say that it's a Forrest Gump rip-off. It's not. It might have some similarities, but the feel of the movie is way different. Inspired by the short story from F. Scott Fitzgerald, the movie follows the life of a boy/man who ages ...  Read the complete review

Benjamin Button was born under extremely unusual circumstances; he was born into the body of an old man with aching joints and wrinkled skin and blindness, an ailment which led to his parents leaving him on the doorstep of a local borstal. After a wild night out a young woman finds the crying baby and decides to offer him a place to stay with her ...  Read the complete review

This movie is lovely thats the best word i can think of without going over the top, Brad Pitt is amazing in this film at times i forgot the little old man actually was Brad Pit his acting skills are brilliant. Cate Blanchet was equally as good but i couldnt help think that her character looked too old for Brad Pitts young Benjamins dashing ...  Read the complete review

i like the idea of this film because its different.Its about a child that comes out really old and turns young.Its quite funny at the start because he brought up in an old peoples home he is a child running around in old mans body and he is getting all different stories told to him by the residents.One lady has a young grand daughter[Cate ...  Read the complete review

This film is about Benjamin Button who is born as a old man and grows young . This film is very different as it name suggest it is very curious, that is the reason why i went to watch this movie and also because i like Brad Pitt , he is amazing. The story is Benjamin's father orphans him just after his birth because the baby looks like a 90 ...  Read the complete review

This movie tells the story of a man born the 'opposite way' in terms of aging. Hes born a baby mentally but his body is in the condition of a seventy year old man. As he grows up hes gets younger. The film is exceptional winning many Oscars and rightfully so. It manages to incorporate comedy into such a serious film. The film basically goes ...  Read the complete review

I'm a big fan of David Fincher, and I'm used to his gritty, quirky thrillers such as SE7EN and Fight Club, so I was very surprised when I saw he went all soft. I took my (now ex) girlfriend to see this on valentines day, and I thought it would be quite interesting to see how Fincher got on. I was not impressed. The cinematography is ...  Read the complete review

I left the cinema confused about if i actually liked this film or not!! The thing that ultimately stood out was the fact that it was so long!! It really is an epic film which you have to be able to give up a good 3 hours to watch. The length undoubtably put many off as during the film people wallked out of the cinema!! It is quite a slow paced ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Brad Pitt stars in this bizarre drama as Benjamin Button, a baby born in an old man's body who, as he gets older, gets younger physically. In a life filled with amazing experiences, his love for Daisy (Cate Blanchett) is a continual theme. WAS IT ANY GOOD: I watched this with eager anticipation, and was ...  Read the complete review

This film is definitely curious so it has an aptly named title. For those who do not know to much about this movie, it was recently nominated for a magnificent thirteen oscars and let me tell you that it is not often that films get nominated for that amount at all. Funnily enough though it only won three oscars and the three oscars it won were it ...  Read the complete review

Certain characteristics of this film (having read a few one line reviews) made me steer away from it when visiting the cinema; nearly 3 hours long, an emotional story, a man who body is living in reverse....?? It all sounds a million miles away from my usual genre of film. After hearing the amount of money spent on special effects and how ...  Read the complete review

A lots of critics have lambasted that film, saying it's boring and overly long. And they're right, for a bit. But fortunately there are saving graces to the story. Essentially the makers decided to base the concept on the makeup and the effects and whilst those do carry much of the film, it is the sadness and pathos of many ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard about this film, it didnt sound like my cup of tea, but then when I found out about how popular it was at the oscars, I began to realise that there must be something about it that makes it good enough to win so many awards. The title of the film is really intreging, and makes you think what it could be about, and that is before ...  Read the complete review

Curious Case of Benjamin Button was one move which made me very curious. Some friends recommended this to me and since I am in love with both Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchet, I think there's nothing wrong to give it a try and... I was stunned. The movie was superb, it was like watching the movie backwards. The storyline was ...  Read the complete review