Curiously liked it

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2008)

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is a relief from your usual movie making fare. For that reason alone it garners points with me.
I like the whimsical aspect of the story. I had wished the love story was introduced earlier and made stronger from thereon. Although screenwriters, Eric Roth and Robyn Swicord had done a good job.
Director David Fincher does a fine job of creating a chemistry between our two leads, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
There are some fabulous photographic compositions and if the love story was more compelling, then such photography would have had a more powerful meaning.
With the excellent cast, the story, the direction, the score (Alexandre Desplat), the cinematography (Claudio Miranda) and all of th rest of the very skillful elements in the movie, I enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it.