InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

adonis98-743-186503 Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is i believe one of the first films that started this whole de-aging thing with actors since we see a baby Brad Pitt old, then somewhere around his 50s and then he is like 20 something years old and the technology that was used in the film was quite marvelous to say the least since it really worked quite well. The story is also very interesting and despite the almost 3 hour mark you never really get bored, the perfomances from both Pitt and Blanchett were very good and powerful and as for Fincher's direction? It was really good, definitely see it. (A+)

ComedyFan2010 I think the idea of a man being born old and growing up while his body becomes younger is pretty good. I would love if this would have happened to me! Yet it seems that with this brilliant idea and incredibly long movie they could have done more than they did.The main part of the movie is the relationship between Daisy and Benjamin. And both actors do amazing job. While the make up for this movie is stunning, this is not the only thing that makes Benjamin Buttons great, Brad Pitt's acting is a part of it. So is Cate Blanchett. There are some beautiful scenes between them. Yet I don't get some things. I somehow can't believe that he loved her since he left her with the child. The reason doesn't make sense to me. Why would Daisy have to "Raise both of them"? He was an adult in a young body, how does this stop him from being a father more than growing old in a normal way? By the time he was a teenager with dementia she was already grown up and her step father dead. He could have perfectly spent all the years with the woman he supposedly loved and his child.But maybe this is the point of the movie? Maybe this is also the reason for Tilda Swinton's character. We see that she ends up fulfilling her dream. It was not too late for her even though she didn't do it at a young age. And he didn't. He left what could have made his life happier. Even though her body was getting old while his was going the other way.

keegankirkhart It was fascinating to see the struggles of being old, middle aged, and then young. It was also fun to explore the idea of affairs, seizing the moment, a mother who loves you no matter what, and loving someone...no matter their age or appearance. Lots of life lessons in this one and I would definitely watch it again.

ModishPictures The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is David Fincher's longest film (and it certainly feels like it), and shows his best skills as a director, but his weaknesses in adapting the screenplay. Like my previous issue with Fight Club, I loved the direction, but felt that the film was poorly adapted from the original novel/screenplay. The story of Benjamin Button's life is a great, intriguing concept for a film, and it definitely has its high points, but it also isn't quite enough to carry a nearly three-hour film. Where the film could have benefited from adding more depth to existing characters, some additional event or unnecessary character is introduced just to give viewers the impression that it feels more like a lifetime than a man's emotional and physical journey. Screenwriter Eric Roth basically transcribes the formula of his greatest work, Forrest Gump, and adapts it to Benjamin Button's curious case. It has many moments that feel inspired by Forrest Gump, and many moments that try too hard to be just like Forrest Gump. Your enjoyment of the film will depend on your enjoyment of certain parts of the story. While I enjoyed the serious, emotional moments of the characters and their emotional reactions to Benjamin's condition, other viewers may be more interested in the contrived events of his life, akin to Forrest Gump's successes, meant to prolong his journey.Another exceptional aspect of this film is the makeup and the performances. Brad Pitt may not be doing very much work, but the makeup artists have a hell of a job to do and they deliver flawlessly. Benjamin Button looks and feels complex as a result of the excellent makeup and body acting done on him. Cate Blanchett also does a great job portraying Daisy, Benjamin's lifelong love, and reacts to the situation she finds herself in realistically and emotionally. Depth is added in places you would expect, but it is lacking in places you would expect it to be. Also very pleasing and smart on Fincher's part was the ending which satisfyingly ties the film together and concludes many of the loose ends. If only the film tried less to be like Forrest Gump in reverse, the characters would have felt more realistic and the emotional payoff more earned. Even with the screenplay's faults, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has a better overall effect on the viewer than the individual scenes do. Great cinematography, direction, makeup, and performances elevate a unique, intriguing concept with a lacking screenplay to make it one of Fincher's more emotional works, but also one of his less memorable.3.5/5 stars