Movie Mondays!

An interesting film bearing little resemblance to the F. Scott Fitzgerald story it is based upon. I found it very similar in tone and scope to Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an odd love story that plays out across history. David Fincher moves away from his usual offering of thrillers to give us a lavishly photographed film with liberal touches of sentimentality. A daughter (Julia Ormond) reads to her dying mother and in the process makes a host of astounding discoveries about both herself and her parent. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett make an infinitely watchable pair and the end result is a charming diversion well worth the price of admission.

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