Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Year: 2008

Grade: C-

Country: USA

Director: Fincher

Review

easily fincher’s worst film yet. from a technical standpoint the film is intriguing and successful, but from an enjoyment standpoint the film is dull, overblown, uninteresting, and sinks under its own weight. the best thing about the film’s script is the conceit of a man born old and aging backwards throughout his life. it’s a great idea full of (unrealized) potential. pitt isn’t very good and blanchett was also uninspiring. pitt’s character was interesting for a while and then just slipped into obscurity. it was almost as if he was sleepwalking through the film at times. the character had no presence, i honestly couldn’t tell you what his (or her) motivations were. i also didn’t see the point in having the voiceover narration. this just marks another great contemporary director laying an egg (p.t. anderson being the other).

Watched in theater