The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008) 7/10

Starring : Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton
Director : Ron Howard
Running Time : 166 mins

As a new born baby, Benjamin Button (Pitt) is abandoned and consequently brought up in an old people’s home by the couple that found him. Believed to be hideously deformed from birth, suffering from the sort of illnesses that would norrmally only afflict the elderly, Benjamin soon discovers that he is in fact ageing backwards, and over the years he becomes younger as everyone around him ages and dies.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I sat down to watch this, but what I got was pretty disappointing. The characters were all either completely one dimensional or had no character at all. Pitt pretty much relied on CGI and make-up to do his acting for him, but Blanchett put in a good turn as the ageing friend of Benjamin who listens to his life story.

You’ll like this if you liked : Big Fish