The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button: Struck By Lightning Seven Times

Official Site: www.benjaminbutton.com
Director(s): David Fincher
Writer(s): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Producer(s): Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Taraji P. Henson(IMDb). Rated PG-13. 159 minutes.

Benjamin Button was born an old baby. Nice and wrinkled. His father Thomas Button(Jason Flemyng) was horrified by this grotesque baby. Witnessing this abnormal birth led him to abandon Benjamin on the steps of a retirement home, where he would be loved an raised by Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), the woman who became Benjamin's mother, and unlike Thomas Button, Queenie considered Benjamin a miracle.

Upon seeing the trailer for this film, I expected to see something unique, long, and interesting, and indeed the film was just that. Benjamin had a fascinating life, characterized by people of different vocations, and ambitions. Seemingly, Benjamin's life was shaped more by the people he met rather than what he did for a living. Benjamin would inherit some wealth but not the sort that enabled him to live a decadent life. A very humble man, who was slow to anger, Benjamin loved people more than anything else.

The film was well casted. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett had awesome chemistry on screen, same as they did in Babel, and the rest of the cast performed marvelously .The pace of the film was slow on the precipice of boredom, but it certainly was not boring. It's difficult to describe the tone of the film. The word that comes to mind is tranquil. This film had its sad moments and funny ones as well. The main theme of the film indicated even if one were to age backward, there is the impending doom of youth, and at one point in the film I felt how alone Benjamin was because of his condition.

According to metacritic.com, the film received generally favorable reviews, and according to rottentomatoes.com the film received 85 fresh tomatoes to 31 rotten ones thus far. Good Stuff! I'll grade it between an A- and a B+. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com. Benjamin Button Script.

Trailer


The Cast


Cate Blanchett Interview


Brad Pitt Interview