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rogerebert.suntimes.com - 12/24/2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
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/ / / December 23, 2008 by Roger Ebert " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button " is a splendidly made film based on a profoundly mistaken premise. It tells the story of a man who is old when he is born and an infant when he dies. All those around him, everyone he knows and loves, grow older in the ...
Movie Review | 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button': It’s the Age of a Child Who Grows From a Man
movies.nytimes.com - 12/25/2008
Movie Review | 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button': It’s the Age of a Child Who Grows From a Man
— movies.nytimes.com — “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” sighs with longing and simmers with intrigue while investigating the philosophical conundrums and emotional paradoxes of its protagonist’s condition. > (more) Movie Review | 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button': ...

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Teaser- Brad Pitt (video)
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Teaser- Brad Pitt (video)
— youtube.com — Movie reviews: http://whatiwatchedlastnight.blogspot.com/The amazing teaser for the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I usually don't upload trailer... (more) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Teaser- Brad Pitt ...

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Trailer (video)
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youtube.com - 12/25/2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Trailer (video)
— youtube.com — A man's age is played out in reverse. Brad Pitt's character is born old and slowly grows younger as time goes by. (more) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Trailer (video)

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Awards Daily:  Ebert Breaks Pattern of Four Stars All the Time

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my new plaid pants:  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 150 Words or Less

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Ebert Breaks Pattern of Four Stars All the Time
Awards Daily — ... Ebert has at last stopped dolling out the four stars and gave Benjamin Button a mere two and a half stars. The last time he was this wrong, I think, was when he and Siskel gave Unforgiven a bad review but then changed their minds years later. Ebert hates the whole premise of Button in the first place and can’t ever get beyond it. I guess it’s more interesting than the usual lament of it being too long (that’s the most popular complaint), cold (second most popular) and too much like Forrest Gump.   Ebert writes: ...

Roger Ebert Gives 'Benjamin Button' a Lukewarm 2 1/2 Stars
:: The Playlist :: — ... Ebert himself, writes, "Yes, you say, but Benjamin Button’s story is a fantasy. I realize that. It can invent as much as it pleases. But the film’s admirers speak of how deeply they were touched, what meditations it invoked. I felt instead: Life doesn’t work this way. We are an observer of our passage, and so are others. It has been proposed that one reason people marry is because they desire a witness to their lives. How could we perform that act of love if we were aging in opposite directions?" ...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 150 Words or Less
my new plaid pants — ... I'm just getting this out of the way because I want to move on and not talk about this movie much. What a disappointment. Read Roger Ebert's review if you want to know where I'm coming from here; he gives voice to my problems with the film succinctly. It was lovely to look at but had no point at all. An empty thing. Big Fish Part II. ...

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The Curious Case of the Better Benjamin Button Poster That Never Was
slashfilm.com 12/25/2008 — Most people I talk to agree that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button theatrical character posters are ugly and boring. I wonder why Paramount Pictures/David Fincher chose not to use the piece of promotional art which can be seen below (found in ...
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
cinematical.com 12/25/2008 — 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 ...
The Four-Day Holiday Weekend Box Office Preview
aceshowbiz.com 12/26/2008 — "Bedtime Stories", "Marley and Me", and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are the three highest grossing movies opening on Christmas day according to EW.
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filmschoolrejects.com 12/27/2008 — THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Studio: Warner Bros. Rated: PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking. Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Julia ...
Brief Thoughts on Benjamin Button
stalepopcornau.blogspot.com 12/27/2008 — 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 ...
THE PERFECT END TO A YEAR OF OBNOXIOUSLY UNINSPIRED CINEMA
antagonie.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — Tonight, a lump of coal for Christmas. And by God, this disappointment hurt, more than just about any other disappointing movie I've seen in this whole goddamnable year of underachieving cinema. Not that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a ...
Complete List of Movie Nominees for 15th SAG Awards
aceshowbiz.com 12/19/2008 — 'Doubt' tops the 15th Annual SAG Awards' nomination with five nods, while 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' and 'Milk' trail behind with three each.
'Benjamin Button' Director David Fincher Talks Brad Pitt, Fate Of 'Fight Club' Musical
mtv.com 12/22/2008 — 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: ...
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.
Oklahoma Critics Awards — Awards Daily
Oklahoma Critics officially smarter than Ebert: Best Film of 2008: Slumdog Millionaire dir. Danny Boyle Top Ten Films (listed alphabetically): The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Doubt Frost/Nixon Happy-Go-Lucky Milk Rachel Getting Married Slumdog ...
Oscar Predictions: Update! In (Almost) Every Category — Barry's Beetchin Movies
Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Milk Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire --------------------- Doubt Frost/Nixon The Reader Wall-E The Wrestler Best Director Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Sam ...
Christmas Weekend Went to the Dogs! Specifically, This Marley Character — I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
And the movies you spent Grandma's Christmas tenner on were: 1. Marley and Me - $37 million , over $14 million of that coming from Christmas Day, giving the film the second largest Christmas opening ever. So I'm thinking, if I strung together a bunch of YouTube clips and call it Dogs Doing ...
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ Screening Leads To Shooting — At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button looks like a fantastic film. It’s getting a lot of press coverage and is even being tipped as an Oscar hopeful. But is it such a good film that it’s worth shooting someone who talks during it? No, clearly not, but one man seems to disagree ...
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 ...
Review: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON * * 1/2 — THE DARK OF THE MATINEE
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON begins with a story about a clockmaker who built a clock for a New Orleans train station...a clock that ran backwards. His wish was that time could be pushed backwards, and that those we've lost in our life's journey could return to us. Such a wish is ...
Discuss: Dude Gets Shot for Talking During 'Ben Button' — Cinematical
And I thought I was harsh for asking a guy to turn off his cell phone. A man was shot because he was talking with his son during a screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on Christmas Day, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer . Reportedly, 29-year-old James Joseph Cialella told ...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Sarahnomics
Was I blown away by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button like I expected to be? Sometimes, but not as often as I thought, and not for the reasons I would have predicted. David Fincher’s latest film is a gorgeously photographed fable that teeters close to, but never quite crosses into ...
All Horses Outta the Gate! — Film Experience Blog
Glenn 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 ...
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 ...
David Fincher and Brad Pitt on Charlie Rose — /Film
/Film reader Jason B sends over word that both Brad Pitt and director David Fincher appeared on Charlie Rose for a fascinating 56 minute interview about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button . You can watch the full episode below. Related Stories More Early Buzz: The Curious Case ...
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 ...
BENJAMIN BUTTON is the Best Film of 2008, so says Capone!!! — Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. If all goes as planned, I'll have my Best & Worst of 2008 piece for you in about a week. But here's a little preview: David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON will be at the top of my Best list. I could, quite literally, spend 4,000 words ...
'Curious Case of Benjamin Button' web reviews — The Screening Log
It's a busy day today, with five new flicks opening in wide release and some limited ones expanding. I hope to have all of them screened and reviewed by Sunday night. But first, let's see what the Web's critics have to say about David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," ...
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 ...
Review: ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ — We Are Movie Geeks
Travis: ‘Seven’… ‘The Game’… ‘Fight Club’… and now ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’… director David Fincher is about due for an Oscar and this is my official “endorsement” of David Fincher for Best ...
Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) — RopeofSilicon.com
Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo: Paramount Pictures The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a story of a man born with the physical characteristics and appearance of an 80-year-old man. He grows younger and younger as the years pass on, which ...
Inevitabe Pan — Awards Daily
Here is Kenneth Turan’s pan of Benjamin Button, in case you’re interested. The last Best Picture winner Turan panned was Titanic, and caught much heat for it. Benjamin Button divides critics sharply down the middle. And very likely, those it’s turning off are akin ...
Kevin's Review: David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - A Timely Tale of Life — FirstShowing.net
Just in time for the holidays and the New Year comes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , a delicate, thought-provoking film that is surely going to evoke feelings of thanks and hope. It's not in my nature to be particularly tender, but director David Fincher's adaptation of the F. Scott ...