There is no doubt that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a technical marvel, but the movie’s success is the result of a story which supports the perfectly interwoven make-up and computerized effects which permit Brad Pitt’s Button and much of the rest of the cast to convincingly age (in one direction or another). More than just an epic love story between the curious Benjamin Button and his childhood sweetheart, Daisy (an initially unrecognizable Cate Blanchett), 
the film provides an unusual meditation on the arc or existence and the way in which we rely on one another during our must vulnerable stages of life. The film is flawed: it needn’t be 2-3/4 hours long, and it suffers from an inexcusably trite voiceover coda that calls into question director David Fincher’s appreciation of the subtle beauty of his creation. Nonetheless, the film has a genuine emotional power one wouldn’t expect from such an initially preposterous premise.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
February 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Capsule · Director · Drama · Romance · Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Here are this morning’s Oscar-nominated films, alphabetically. The nominees for foreign language film and documentary feature are compiled at the end of the list. (Short format nominees are listed in a 
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