Outstanding as it is beautiful. Modern day epic.

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2009)

An amazing movie that overloads all your senses, caresses your heart and lets it swim in your drained emotions. David Fincher is superb directing this tale set in the early 20th century and taking much influence from a character in an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. Benjamin Button(Brad Pitt)is born under the very unusual circumstances as a man in his mid-80's. With his mother dying during his birth, Benjamin's father(Jason Fleming)abandons him on the doorstep of an old-folks home, where the overly-kind black caretaker Queenie(Taraji P. Henson)takes the odd-looking babe to raise as her own.
The story of Benjamin's life in reverse is revealed in his dairy, read by Caroline(Julia Ormand), the daughter of his life-long love Daisy(Cate Blanchett), who is dying in a New Orleans hospital as hurricane Katrina rages upon the city. We go through the odd, but interesting twists and turns of Benjamin's life. We relish in the beauty and endure the tragedy of circumstances extraordinary and merely common as Benjamin grows younger in appearance and age.
Sensational cinematography and beautiful scenes abound. My favorite scene has Benjamin as a 'tugboat man' with Captain Mike(Jared Harris)riding out a snow storm. Special effects throughout are awesome. If it is possible to fall in love with a movie...this is the one.