A really weird story

Rating: 7/10 (19 January 2009)

A boy is born. But there's something strange about him. He has the face and the body of an 80-year-old. Although baby-size.
And he gets younger and younger for every year. That's good in the middle of his life, but causes problems before and after that. One thing goes for sure. The makeup artist here really deserves an Oscar.
Brad Pitt makes a great performance, especially as the old man. And the first hour really tells the story in a great way, but the tempo slows down. And you have no doubts about what will happen.
Anyway a very clever script, which tells the story of the American 20th century through eyes turned inside out in many ways.