The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

– Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.80 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 46 Minutes
Release Year:
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Dec 2008

Language:

English, Russian, French

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

David Fincher

Writer:

Eric Roth (screenplay), Eric Roth (story), Robin Swicord (story), F. Scott Fitzgerald (short story)

Main Actors:

Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, Faune Chambers Watkins

Plot:

On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams (nee Fuller) is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival, but who does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth, Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident at that home, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read, especially as it relates to the time past this reconnection between Benjamin and Daisy, when Daisy gets older and Benjamin grows younger into his childhood years.

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 77 wins & 155 nominations.

Gross profit:

$127,490,802

Production:

Paramount

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
Metacritic:
70%