Movie of the year.

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2008)

Yeah, yeah, the story of Brad Pitt aging backwards, how good could it be?
Well, very good, apparently. This movie was just so long and detailed, sucking the viewer in immediately and keeping them hooked. It made you think, too. The whole concept of time and aging and the fact that nothing lasts forever was executed flawlessly. It was a look at life from a new perspective, full of all the beauty and the embarrassments and the trivial things and the quirks and everything else.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a riveting and intricate drama that will certainly remain enjoyable and powerful long after one viewing, and this is certainly one you'll want to go back and watch again. I haven't seen a movie this original and stirring in ages, and the way it takes a standard formula, a good old life story like you'd read in someone's autobiography, and creatively tweaks it with all the strange little nuances of Benjamin's curious condition is spellbinding. The combination of the surreal with the familiar, of the strange with the heartwarming and the personal, does exceptionally well, crafting an emotional behemoth of a movie that you need to see at any cost if you like good film making at all.
I think I've found my movie of the year. See it. See it now.