The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Movie · 2h 46m · PG-13
DramaFantasyRomance
"Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments."
Overview
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
70/100
Key crew
- Eric RothScreenplay
- David FincherDirector
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brad PittBenjamin Button
- Cate BlanchettDaisy Fuller
- Taraji P. HensonQueenie
- Julia OrmondCaroline Fuller
- Jason FlemyngThomas Button
- Tilda SwintonElizabeth Abbott
- Mahershala AliTizzy Weathers
- Jared HarrisCaptain Mike
- Elias KoteasMonsieur Gateau
- Phyllis SomervilleGrandma Fuller
- Faune Chambers WatkinsDorothy Baker
- Donna DuPlantierBlanche Devereux
Stills
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Themes
new york citynavyfuneralboatdiaryteagreat depressiontravelhospitalhistorical fictionperiod dramamagic realism