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Brief Thoughts on Benjamin Button
stalepopcornau.blogspot.com - 12/27/2008
Brief Thoughts on Benjamin Button
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Much like a certain other nigh-on-three-hour epic released recently David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin is a great flawed film. It is indeed the sprawling film that it had been made out to be and I thought it was really great - some parts more than others - but as a whole it has ...

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'Benjamin Button' Director David Fincher Talks Brad Pitt, Fate Of 'Fight Club' Musical
mtv.com - 12/22/2008
'Benjamin Button' Director David Fincher Talks Brad Pitt, Fate Of 'Fight Club' Musical
— mtv.com — The director also addresses comparisons to 'Forrest Gump' and how 'lucky' everyone was to be in a Cate Blanchett movie. By Josh Horowitz Jared Harris and David Fincher on the set of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Photo: ... (more) 'Benjamin Button' Director David Fincher Talks Brad ...

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
ew.com - 12/24/2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
— ew.com — tells the haunting, existential fable of a man, born at the close of World War I, who ages backwards while those around him age forward, the old-fashioned way. Where others are born unformed and unwrinkled, Benjamin comes into the world a decrepit ... (more) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Movie Review | ...

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rottentomatoes.com - 12/24/2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Reviews, Pictures
— rottentomatoes.com — Synopsis: Director David Fincher and Brad Pitt team up for a third time with this adaptation of a F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. Pitt plays a man who is born 80 years old, but instead of aging, he grows... Director David Fincher and Brad Pitt team ... (more) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Reviews, Pictures

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All Horses Outta the Gate!
Film Experience Blog — ... here. I thought I'd take a quick moment out of my busy schedule (hah! I have discovered I have chicken pox, which puts a serious crimp in my movie-going plans!) to ask y'all what you think of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or anything else that the studios have finally found us mere mortals worthy enough to set our eyes on. My thoughts on Benjamin can be found here, but I (and I'm sure Nat too) would love to know what YOU think. ...

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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Review — Movie Moron
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Living in Cinema’s Button Rave — Awards Daily
Our pal Craig Kennedy has, by all accounts, written his best review to date (arguably) after having seen Benjamin Button, a film that has, inexplicably, hit people either which way upside the head. Craig writes: It is this humanity that elevates Benjamin Button artistically above ...
Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — /Film
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Review) — Cut Print Review
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