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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Smug retelling of "It's a wonderful Baby Boomer's life."

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:22:56 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author swmckewon - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a rancid, fawning piece of Baby Boomer nostalgia in a post-Boomer era, a redo of “Forrest Gump,” which, not surprisingly, was written by the very same Eric Roth who penned this...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Curious Movie that Could Have Been More: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:41:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author talyseon - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Directed by David Fincher; Story by Eric Roth."Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss." Benjamin Button.F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a comic farce about a man...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Terrible movie -- If I could reverse time, I'd not see this film!

Sat, 16 May 2009 18:47:39 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jkhatfsu - Brief Summary of Plot:The following is a very brief summary of the key points for purposes of my review. If you want a thorough recount, try imdb.com or wikipedia.org. <<Spoiler alert -- skip this section if you don't want...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Tick, Tock

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:45:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author topreviewerman - A certain kind of plot starts with someone questioning (or railing at) how God does or doesn't do something, or why He lets or doesn't let something happen, or in general how He runs the world. Then by some kind of movie magic he—the...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Backward And Forward

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:42:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pmills1210 - He was a man who seldom looked his age. He was born with the body of an octogenarian, yet his body grew younger as he grew older. His mind, however, developed like the mind of anyone who was born the same day he was. He watched as everyone who cared...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: BENJAMIN BUTTON--OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE BRAD PITT

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:59:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jarvococker - There's a tour de force sequence midway through David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON which speaks to the film's musings on fate and chance with stunning clarity. Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) narrates the minutiae of disconnected events and...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Oscar Review #4--Benjamin Button

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:19:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alena - For the past three years, I have been fortunate enough to be able to attend AMC Theater's Special Oscar Saturday where they show all five of the best picture Oscar nominated films. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the 4th movie on my...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Curious Case of an Overhyped Film

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:34:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author spade89 - When this film was first announced, I became very excited to see it. I am a big fan of director David Fincher and his work ("Fight Club", "Zodiac", "Seven", etc.). My friends and I went on opening night, and sat in a sold out theater. As this very long,...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Benjamin's Case is Not That Curious

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:02:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyoness913 - I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this past weekend. I have to say that I was really disappointed. I wasn't necessarily surprised at my disappointment because I normally don't find Brad Pitt (although he IS extraordinarily...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Brad Pitt Gives Oscar-Worthy Performance

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:48:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author three_ster - Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button seeks to tell the life story of one Benjamin Button. What makes it such a curious case, is that Benjamin is living his life backwards to a certain...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Benjamin Button: 2 Hours and a Half = 13 Oscar Nominations

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:06:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author levski11 - Last weekend, I went to see “the fetus movie” as my friend called it. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.” The movie comes...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Benjamin Button is a Mixed Bag.

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:56:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chelledun - At two hours and forty five minutes in length, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a fairly serious commitment. All things considered, it's probably worth seeing, but I have to say that despite all the accolades this film has received I...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Benjamin Button - fantastic, but too similar to another recent best picture Oscar winner

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:03:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chunk1 - I would have loved to give this film 4-5 stars. I just could not in good conscience do it.David Fincher (director) may be reaching his full potential as a filmmaker. I hope not. I hope each of his films that follow...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Youth Is Wasted On The Young…Except In The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:32:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author coldsteel7 - In the process of creating something new and different, consideration must be given to how the pieces are going to fit together. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was written as a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921. At the...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Benjamin Button's Curious Case

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:51:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sj1and0 - I enjoy watching movies of books I've read. It is interesting to see how a book is adapted into a movie, despite the things that are omitted from the original text. I become better familiar with what to expect and it makes me feel more intrigued to...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A real drama, unbelievable story, believable acting

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:36:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kdelapmm - I have not cried at a movie like I cried at "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". It is one of those half-requited love stories that leaves you aching for both characters. A movie hasn't been this tragic for me since "Brokeback...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Fascinating Tale of the Man Who Grew Young

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:28:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author a_r_egerton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which is loosely based on a 1920's short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells of a man who ages in reverse. He is born in the body of a decrepit old man and dies an infant roughly eighty years later. Amongst...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: SOLVED

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:05:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author updateghost - Three of the seven films in David Fincher’s directorial career have been among the best of the last 15 years. Se7en is a modern cult classic, its challenging themes continually discussed and debated in the film community. Fight Club is massively...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Idle Curiosity

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:02:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author whaler66 - Directed By David Fincher. Written By Eric Roth. Based upon a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brad
Pitt (Benjamin Button) Cate Blanchet (Daisy) Tajari P. Henson...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Remarkably Unusual Love Story

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:03:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author toofancy - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was curious, indeed! I went to this movie with many questions in my mind, and I left the movie thinking about it for days afterward.The movie is based on the story from the 1920's by F. Scott...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Curiouser and Curiouser..."Benjamin Button" is Worth Your Time, Backwards or Not.

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 02:03:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - A few months back after seeing previews for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," my wife and I both read the...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 20:12:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dr.P -

It's not often that I see a movie in the theatre and wish to see it immediately again. The only two other times I can think of when this happened was firstly, when I saw the ca...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: "THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON": A MASTERPIECE OF STORYTELLING

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:11:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mike.holmes - I have wanted to see this film since the trailers first came out. Time constraints kept me from seeing it until today. I've refused to read reviews of the film (even here on Epinions) because I wanted to make up my own mind without...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Brad Pitt sews it up

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:19:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author millinocket - Once, long ago, I carpooled to work with a woman who lived nearby. One day as we bemoaned the fact that it was Monday, and dreamed of how we wished it were Friday, she said, "We're wishing our lives away." She didn't say it in a judgmental or...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Most over-rated movie of the year (so far). HUGE disappointment.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:06:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmurray847 - Benjamin Button comes into the world in the era just following WWI. He is the size of a newborn baby, but appears to be 80-something years old. Wrinkled, ridden with arthritis, etc. As he “ages”, he grows taller and younger,...