The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button PG 13
David Finscher directs a this
effects heavy Brad Pitt flick about a man who was born old in 1913 and lived to
be a baby in 2003. Based on an old Fiztgerald short story, this update has an
elderly dying Balchett telling her daughter about this curious man as a
hurricane (Katrina apparently) approaches Louisiana in 2005. One of if not the
year's best movies and a treatise on aging and growing old also. Although
Katrina was not in the original work obviously, it's a theme in the modern
part. The real charm happens in the old age part sent back in the 1900s. As he
gets older, or younger, he becomes a bit more rushed less interesting. The
story is a bit overlong so it doesn't get a full five star rating, but it's
still great at times. Review by Adam Browne
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