Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. Read more
| Starring | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Elle Fanning |
|---|---|
| Director | David Fincher |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
| Starring | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Elle Fanning, Jason Flemyng, Julia Ormond |
|---|---|
| Director | David Fincher |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 46 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted, Muller's Indulgent Movies, UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 08 Jun 2009 Blu-ray: 08 Jun 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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David Fincher directs Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett & Tilda Swinton, in the most talked about drama of the year. It tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. read more »
If you're the mood for a Forest Gump kind of movie, then this film will be perfect for you.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is penned by Forest Gump scribe Eric Roth and it shows. This film has exactly the same feel and sentiment as the Robert Zemeckis directed movie. The story is comes across in exactly the same way with the explanation heavy voice-over and the main character, Benjamin, literally in the eye of the storm of some of the most significant events of the 20th century.
Pitt and Blanchett are ideally cast. They breeze through the material. But it's more about good casting than it is career defing performances from these two. There is unanimous talent from all of the supporting cast too.
Benjamin Button is an obvious break away for director David Fincher, someone who has formed a near flawless career with some much darker material. My personal hope is that this is his 'one for the studio' film that would give him further license to carry on making films like Zodiac, Se7en and The Game. Though he's created yet another outstanding film with Bejamin Button, I feel there are a few other directors who would have made near enough the same film with this material... Oh well, at least it wasn't made by Ron Howard...
A lot of people spent a lot of time, money and effort in putting this together. I'm just not sure why. Nice concept, but could have been explored better. At 2 1/2 hours, they had enough time!
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button has kept its place at the top of the box office charts outside the U.S., with weekend takings of £14.4 million from 61 markets. The drama, which stars Brad Pitt as a man who ages backwards, remained on top for a third consecutive week, taking its overall international earnings to £105 million. Disney animated movie Bolt held on to the second spot, garnering £8 million from 42 markets while Tom Cruise's Valkyrie came in third with £5.1... Read more