Instant Classic

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2010)

One of the best movies I've watched this year! Only the idea that someone grows younger everyday is compelling and although I was postponing every time watching the movie (due to its length and because the genre is not one of my favorites) I finally did... boy am I glad that I did. Brad Pitt's acting was terrific and the story is so seamlessly connected from year to year and decade to decade that you won't find yourself wondering what happened between those years. It is the story of a man's life, a real human being with feelings and desires, who is unique in the sense that he is born old and as he grows older his body gets younger and younger and younger. Sometimes you are happy for him, sometimes proud of him, but the most striking feeling that I had was sorrow! It really bent me at one point (I won't tell which since it would be a spoiler) and started crying...not just a couple of tears but really crying and I watched the same scene over and over until I could take it no more!(something tells me I acted masochistically), it was simply because even though I was expecting it to happen I could not believe my eyes! An unnatural movie but a great one nonetheless! Bravo to the writer the director and the actors for making a true gem of a movie.