Hugely Disappointing And Not Pitt's Best - To Say The Very Least

Rating: 1/10 (3 January 2014)

Nothing about this film is believable to me. The story's premise - someone growing young instead of old - is interesting but its execution here is faulty to say the least. It is internally inconsistent, in other words. The writers didn't think this premise through carefully enough, to make it play out as it likely would (even as a fantasy) - and Pitt failed to think it through, too (because his acting did not sell the premise).
In fact, Brad Pitt's acting in this movie is incredibly poor - and it makes you wonder about Brad Pitt's level of taste as well as his depth as an actor. Is he only cut out for emotionless action movie leads? Pitt's delivery seems to change over the course of the film and often seems put-on and stiff.
I only sat through this boring and preposterous film because someone dragged me to it and wanted to stay until the very end. After seeing it I remember sitting down with the person with whom I'd seen it and ticking off detail after detail that didn't ring true or was done really poorly.
Even Pitt's makeup and costuming was jarring and amateurish - and I don't normally pay attention to this kind of thing. If you can look at Pitt as an old man and not feel like yelling at the screen some criticism like, "who put on that makeup?," you're not invested in watching a film.
I wanted to like this film. I'd often told my friends it was cruel that we grew in wisdom only to become more frail as we get older - I'd often posited how it would be if we could somehow become more youthful with time. So I wanted to give in to the fantasy in this film but the concept was poorly done and impossible to enjoy on any level - for me, anyway.
I tell you this - my idea of torture would be to have to watch this film again!