Brad Pitt plays a man who was born old & dies a baby, his life unfolding in reverse. Cate Blanchett is hopelessly in love with him, through every stage of their lives.This movie has gotten quite a bit of attention, but I'm not sure why. Brad Pitt has done much better work than this elsewhere. His character has no personality in this film, & Cate's character is just silly. Everyone says that they shed puddles of tears at the end of this movie, but we all knew that Daisy was going to die from the start of it (no spoiler here). I hope that it gets beaten at the Oscars for all of its nominations.
One oddity: IMDb lists all of the actors who played Benjamin Button, but doesn't seem to have the name of the actress who played the dying Daisy. Could it have been Cate Blanchett?
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on IMDb
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Yeah, I've been avoiding this one, especially after I found out it was almost three hours long. No story needs three hours to tell. Plus it just looks like one of those Hollywood generated "let's win some awards" type movies.
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