An Idea That Could Have Become Great....

Rating: 5/10 (28 December 2008)

But it doesn't really. I give this a five for the promising premise and great makeup, effects, and production design. But unfortunately this goes nowhere. It gives no real insights that it claims to make, and doesn't really have any interesting plot lines in the entire almost-three-hour running time. It'll probably get the makeup Oscar, and there was some good cinematography work, but really, it is a dud of a movie that fails to deliver anything interesting in the end. It's all premise and no substance. Though many others have already done this, I have to compare it to Forrest Gump. They both promise similar things, and are both often overly sentimental. Gump delivers, though, and that's what makes it the one to watch. Button doesn't deliver.