A tale of love and death

Rating: 9/10 (18 September 2018)

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" tells the story of Benjamin Button, who is born as an old man and develops back into his childhood. While he never seems to fully fit in, he finds love and loses it again, lives through adventures and learns from them.
In my opinion, this movie is one of the rare extraordinary tales of love that modern Hollywood cinema produces. I don't know if there's a connection to the novel about Max Tivoli, that seems oddly similar but as this novel it delivers a great plot, that has a great potential to mirror society and show how age defines both our character and the way we are seen by others. It is especially the desperation of evolving in different directions, that makes this movie so valuable. Personally, I would have liked it to be maybe half an hour shorter, even if I can't say what to cut out, but in the end it did feel a bit long. But I can easily live with that if I get such a beautiful story in exchange.
All in all this is a beautifully produced and played Hollywood tale, that depicts the true character of love in all of its aspect and in great truth. Definitely a film worth being watched.