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Rating: 5/10 (22 February 2009)

"A true epic that left me utterly speechless". Ha ha! This Zelig/Forrest Gump/Being There rewrite/ripoff left you speechless? Perhaps that's for the best. Unfortunately, you could still type.
This truly cynical movie is a blatant appeal to the elderly who wish to (literally) turn back the clock to when they were young. And to look like Brad Pitt would not be a negative either (despite him looking like either a paper bag or Kevin Spacey through most of this movie). Most movies are marketed to those with the dollars, and this movie is no exception. It should have been called The Curious Case of Baby Boomers. Don't worry old people - you'll be flying up to "heaven" (as an embarrassingly clichéd CGI hummingbird) soon, no doubt! "You're not getting any younger" is not just a cliché, it's the truth. You won't be kicking the can (ala Twilight Zone), you'll be kickin' the bucket. Bon voyage! Hopefully, after you're gone, we won't have to put up with boring, ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE (yeah, he's getting younger. AND? What else?) 3-hour (was it 3 hours long? felt like it) crud such as this. Do I have to mention that the clock and the real father (remember? the guy with the titular buttons?) and the midget and the ship and the daughter and the weather etc. themes went nowhere beyond simply moving the plot along? That there was basically no character development?
Fincher (who also made Fight Club - a great movie) is a quality director. Brad Pitt is charming and good-looking. There was tons of CGI and period costumes. Yet...This movie blew as hard as the forced "hurricane" subplot. I wish I could turn back the clock to before I wasted my time and money on this nonsense.