One of the Best Movies ever made... Review...The Curious Case

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2009)

Somewhere between life's beginning and end Benjamin Button reveals the heart of time, relationships and love.
Life is said to be all about timing but in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" time has no limit when your living life backwards. Benjamin Button, dramatized by Brad Pitt, is a story about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. Adapted from a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Benjamin Button is an extraordinary man who lives in an ordinary world.
Along his journey through life he encounters impressionable people such as Queenie, played by Taraji P. Henson, who takes Benjamin in as an infant and raises him as her son. He has a chance meeting with other people such as Elizabeth Abbott played by Tilda Swinton, a wealthy married woman who Benjamin experiences his first kiss with and Captain Mike played by Jared Harris, a boat captain who Benjamin travels around the world with.
Benjamin's most engaging encounter is with Daisy, portrayed by Cate Blanchette. Daisy and Benjamin meet as children and grow as lovers in an unusual but spectacular relationship.
Brad Pitt's performance is praiseworthy, he expresses the essence of Benjamin's patient character and particular life exceptionally. The impeccable modern use of make up and prosthetics brought Benjamin Button to life, a task that was impossible when the story was first written in the 1920's.
The movie was directed by newcomer David Finch and showcases cinematography that lures the viewer into a peculiar but intriguing world.
The tale of Benjamin Button begins with a historic event involving a clock that ticks backwards. The story comes full circle with a touching and symbolic ending in which the clock stops ticking.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" teaches an important and pervasive lesson about time to those who may feel they are too old or too young to do a certain thing. Benjamin's message can be captured in his own words, "It is never too late or in my case too early, to be who ever you want to be." The movie is close to three hours in length. Time is well worth investing in a film with such great emotional and idealistic impact.