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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 90
Released: May 5, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 5-MAY-2009
Media Type: DVD
Description of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Single-Disc Edition):
The technical dazzle of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a truly astonishing thing to behold: this story of a man who ages backwards requires Brad Pitt to begin life as a tiny elderly man, then blossom into middle age, and finally, wisely, become young. How director David Fincher--with makeup artists, special-effects wizards, and body doubles--achieves this is one of the main sources of fascination in the early reels of the movie. The premise is loosely borrowed from an F. Scott Fitzgerald story (and bears an even stronger resemblance to Andrew Sean Greer's novel The Confessions of Max Tivoli), with young/old Benjamin growing up in New Orleans, meeting the girl of his dreams (Cate Blanchett), and sharing a few blissful years with her until their different aging agendas send them in opposite directions. The love story takes over the second half of the picture, as Eric Roth's script begins to resemble his work on Forrest Gump. This is too bad, because Benjamin's early life is a wonderfully picaresque journey, especially a set of midnight liaisons with a Russian lady (Tilda Swinton) in an atmospheric hotel. Fincher observes all this with an entomologist's eye, cool and exacting, which keeps the material from getting all gooey. Still, the Hurricane Katrina framing story feels put-on, and the movie lets Benjamin slide offscreen during its later stages--curious indeed.--Robert Horton
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Single-Disc Edition) Reviews:
Great!! 
2009-11-29 - This movie was a little bit long but still very good and entertaining the cast was stellar!! Rent it buy it but do see it!
A modernized version of the book 
2009-11-29 - In most cases, I prefer the book over the movie but in this case I preferred the movie version of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It is a modernized version of the book and I liked that it took the story to a deeper level that the book in short story form did not. The premise of the movie is loosely based on the book but has taken more creative liberties to expand on themes and events that didn't occur in the book. In the movie, Benjamin is born as an old white man and ages backwards but is not raised by his family and instead is abandoned at a home for the elderly and is essentially raised by a loving and nurturing black woman who lives and works there. Benjamin fits into this environment and new family well and develops relationships and an understanding of what happens as one ages normally. Benjamin is played by Brad Pitt who does a fabulous job and is easy on the eyes to watch as he gets younger. A love story and beautiful relationship develops with Cate Blanchett's character that shows their relationship and the short years that they were able to be a family and have a normal relationship. I didn't like how they ended the movie and how Benjamin chooses to live his life as he ages into infancy. This movie isn't a love story but more of a story about death and aging.
I believe that the book and the movie are about life, death and aging. Both are about finding our place in the world however we come into the world and managing to make the best of that experience. We all age in different ways and in Benjamin's case is an extreme example as he ages backwards. The premise is that he is different and has to learn how to live life to the fullest being different.
My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump.
2009-11-29 - Okay, so it's obvious that this was written by the same guy that brought us a best-picture winner back in the mid 1990's. There are multiple similarities here, but I'll leave it to you to draw those parallels. At worst, this is a very good movie that's both entertaining, intriguing and depressing. At best, it's a best-picture nominee. I've always appreciated the roles Brad has picked, and while I recognize that he's not Hollywood's best, he's just good enough to bring us the story of Benjamin Button, the story of a tortured soul that ages backwards. On the surface, it sounds awesome, but on the back end, I cannot imagine a more terrible curse. We're taken on a roller-coaster ride of emotions through this 3-hour epic, and we experience every emotion from A to Z. You'll be at a low at the end, but tomorrow you'll smile because you'll know why today is somehow brighter. Trust me. It's that good.
A little long!
2009-11-07 - Loved this movie, especially Brad Pitt's part. ran a little long with some slow scenes, i think they could have shortened it a bit. although i do not regret purchasing.
poor quality 
2009-11-07 - The item arrived in a timely fashion. The first 45 minutes played very well with good picture quality, but after the 45 minutes the DVD begin to freeze then showed video artifacts on the screen eventually the DVD just froze and would not play. I removed the DVD and cleaned it very thoroughly and played it again, but the results were the same. contacted the seller and requested a refund and they provided a full refund. Very unhappy and the DVD has no useful purpose. It is not playable.
