Simply Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2009)

From time to time there's a movie that amazes us for it excellent story, magnificent cast and more great things and that becomes instantly into a masterpiece. That's the case of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. David Fincher's latest film is one of those movies that catches you from the very beginning with its fantasy, romance, action and some moments of humor. The movie tells the interesting story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. The plot is convincing and very well developed by Eric Roth. David Fincher makes a magnificent work directing, although it is a two hour and a half movie, it has a fast paced rhythm making it enjoyable and it never bores you. It has excellent special effects, the makeup is wonderful, great locations, the movie is set to the perfection in the different years that occurs in the movie. The cast is simply great, Brad Pitt gives us one of his best performances ever, Cate Blanchett is fantastic as Daisy, Tilda Swinton is very convincing as Elizabeth Abott and the secondary roles of Julia Ormond (Caroline), Taraji P. Henson (Queenie) and Jason Flemyng (Thomas Button) gives a really good support to the movie. In conclusion, A very entertaining movie worth to see. It is destined to be a masterpiece and the great winner of the upcoming Academy Awards.