screendaily.com - 11/24/2008
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Dir: David Fincher. US. 2008. 166 mins. One of the most eagerly anticipated end-of-year studio films, David Fincher's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is a wildly ambitious fantasy which contains many intriguing elements and superb production values but ultimately fails to cohere as the epic ...
weblogs.variety.com - 11/24/2008
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weblogs.variety.com —
I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
on Saturday (following the aborted Thursday screening ), and...
have been trying to sort it out ever since. David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump) have delivered an historic ...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Review
awardsdaily.com - 11/23/2008
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awardsdaily.com —
Today’s screening was held in the swanky Paramount
theater. In attendance for the Q&A was director David...
Fincher, screenwriter Eric Roth and most of the heads of the tech departments. I don’t want to jinx the movie by going ...
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Benjamin Button Screening and Q&A
blog.spout.com - 11/21/2008
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blog.spout.com —
To borrow a line from Lou Lumenick :
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is this year’s...
Forrest Gump . This is not really arguable. In addition to sharing a screenwriter (Eric Roth), Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 Best Picture winner and David ...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Clarification
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More Weigh in on 'Benjamin Button' and a Listen to Desplat's Score
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... Reporter):
Fincher 's direction is sure handed over the entire 166 minutes, which never feels long or pretentious. The film takes Donald Graham Burt's brilliant period design in stride, never overemphasizing it nor lingering on an artifact. Claudio Miranda's cinematography wonderfully marries a palette of subdued earthern colors with the necessary CGI and other visual effects that place one in a magical past.
Mike Goodridge (Screen Daily):
The curious thing about Benjamin Button is the ...
More Early Buzz: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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... Mike Goodridge of Screen Daily: “a wildly ambitious fantasy which contains many intriguing elements and superb production values but ultimately fails to cohere as the epic tragedy it wants to be.” … “Pitt gives his best performance to date, capturing the weariness of old age as convincingly as the vigour of youth. Blanchett (who is also given a digital rejuvenation for her teenage years) is as superb as ever, although the chemistry between the two is muted to say the least.” ...
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Reviews
Movie Moron —
... based on the life of Gene Hackman, who was born old and stayed that way.
Here’s what the movie critics are saying -
The Hollywood Reporter -
“An intimate epic about love and loss that is pure cinema. …Superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date. …Fincher ’s direction is sure handed over the entire 166 minutes, which never feels long or pretentious.”
Screen Daily -
“…wildly ambitious fantasy which contains many ...
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