cinematical.com - 12/25/2008
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I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button weeks ago, and yet every time I tried to think about it -- whether it was to contemplate a decision in David Fincher's direction, a deviation from F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, a moment in Eric Roth's script or a note in the performances of Brad Pitt ...
Movie Review - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
getthebigpicture.net 12/23/2008 — 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' is a better experience and a better production than it is a singularly entertaining movie. You're better for having seen it, it's definitely something to discuss further, but there's not as much to enjoy about it as you might think.
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button —
Screaming Blue Reviews
Ever wish you were three hours younger?
Ambitious and rambling, lacking in narrative theme, David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button never lives up to its novel premise but collapses instead into a mass of style over substance, eventually becoming what might be the biggest ...
REVIEW: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (A-) —
Getafilm
As I've mentioned in my Reel Life installments, the best material for movies often comes from the simplest of stories. Though obviously a work of fiction, F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story from 1921, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", is a good example of such high-potential material. The ...
The Ladies of 2008: Ten Babes That Made Their Mark —
Film School Rejects
The 2008 film season brought us beauty in both traditional and unconventional ways. While there has been an argument that leading ladies are few and far between, I think there’s a strong case to be made against that. This list of ten female figures will hopefully offer proof of that. ...
MOVIE REVIEW: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button —
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Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
Director: David Fincher
Release Date: December 25, 2008
Running Time: 165 mins
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Distributors: Paramount Pictures
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Every movie made employs the use of some sort of gimmick. Some are smaller than others and they don’t always work ...
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Review —
Movie Moron
Does it get old fast? Or is it the other way round? Our official Curious Case Of Benjamin Button review.
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Our Rating: B+
Bottom Line: Zodiac meets Forrest Gump
David ...
DOUBTING BENJAMIN BUTTON —
The Moviezzz Blog
I have found it increasingly pointless to write full theatrical reviews. Often, I will write something, and by the time it is posted, it is gone from the multiplex. So, some brief thoughts on new films. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - I guess the best word to describe this is “fine”. It ...
Brief Thoughts on Benjamin Button —
Stale Popcorn
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 ...
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
[The following contains minor spoilers for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button . ]
The premise of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button holds a great deal of promise: If you were forced to live life backwards, starting with old age and ending with infancy, how would you do it ...
Review: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” —
The Screening Log
Seen on: December 25, 2008
The players: Director: David Fincher, Writer: Eric Roth, Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Jason Flemyng, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond
Facts of interest: Based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The plot: After being born under unusual cicrumstances, ...
Christmas Boxoffice and Review Check —
Thompson On Hollywood
The movie my family and I went to see on Christmas Day was chosen by many others over the holiday: Marley & Me, a cannily crafted family film starring a restrained Owen Wilson, a charming Jennifer Aniston and a series of delightful rambunctious Labrador retrievers as the titular dog, Marley. ...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Review) —
Cut Print Review
And so is the tale of one curious Benjamin Button. The story of a man who grows younger, the opposite to everyday life, and becomes more experienced with his younger appearance than those with even the most withered faces. This coming-of-age story is different to others not just because of his ...
Button Hasn't Changed —
Hollywood Elsewhere
My 11.25 review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, reposted with David Fincher's film opening today: Will viewers be willing to let Button be Button and put aside whatever grand expectations they may bring to it? That's the question and then some. I enjoyed and was even heartened by this ...
AO Scott Happy to Have Seen in —
Awards Daily
And so Christmas comes early with this NY Times review of Benjamin Button, which closes:
That power, though, is something to be reckoned with, and it resides in Mr. Fincher’s ability to use his unbelievable skills to turn an incredible conceit into a plausible love story. The romance ...
“Benjamin Button” On-Camera Review —
Scene-Stealers
Eric and guest critic Trevan McGee from inkkc.com battle it out over “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a big Oscar prestige film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, and directed by David Fincher. Will it be the big ...
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