The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonStarring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jared Harris & Mahershalalhashbaz Ali
David Fincher's epic masterwork known as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," allows life and death, love and wrinkles, to stretch across the screen in a timeless tale of an unusual boy turning man turning boy. Universality in the unique - this is what sticks you in your seat, what makes a near three hours feel like ten minutes.
It's astonishing how you know exactly what will come, what will pass, but how you yearn to know how. Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) ages backwards, but is as ordinary as a person of a different color, religion, sexuality, or even s
omeone who can't see. It's just how he was made. His heart aches, he's determined, he wants to see the world, and he realizes that everything doesn't matter if you don't love. That's where Cate Blanchet's Daisy comes into the picture. Daisy, about six years younger than Benjamin, ages normally, which causes a disturbance in their relationship, but no more than someone nervous saying "I love you". Time goes on, he's younger looking, she's older looking, and more time passes. History plays its mesmerizing role as backdrop as we follow Benjamin's disappearing gray hair.
omeone who can't see. It's just how he was made. His heart aches, he's determined, he wants to see the world, and he realizes that everything doesn't matter if you don't love. That's where Cate Blanchet's Daisy comes into the picture. Daisy, about six years younger than Benjamin, ages normally, which causes a disturbance in their relationship, but no more than someone nervous saying "I love you". Time goes on, he's younger looking, she's older looking, and more time passes. History plays its mesmerizing role as backdrop as we follow Benjamin's disappearing gray hair.Pitt excels his acting credibility as Button. With an oxymoronic exterior, he thrusts his appropriate age with subtlety. Blanchett delivers a li
vely performance of various degrees of a life, just as smooth as Pitt's, though not as surprising. The supporting cast does just what the name calls for. Tilda Swinton and Jared Harris are the most profound characters Benjamin meets on his bildungsroman travels, introducing him to sex and alcohol, however Taraji P. Henson as Queenie, Benjamin's mother, and Julia Ormond as Caroline, Daisy's daughter, showcase themselves with scenes full of affection and feeling.
vely performance of various degrees of a life, just as smooth as Pitt's, though not as surprising. The supporting cast does just what the name calls for. Tilda Swinton and Jared Harris are the most profound characters Benjamin meets on his bildungsroman travels, introducing him to sex and alcohol, however Taraji P. Henson as Queenie, Benjamin's mother, and Julia Ormond as Caroline, Daisy's daughter, showcase themselves with scenes full of affection and feeling. Life, as taught by "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," isn't about the oddities and obstacles; it's about how you grow and how you jump. The opportunites that pass on by and the ones that you take. The moments. The love. The memory.
Grade: A
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