Sunday, October 11, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2.5/4 stars
Uneven film. Great to look at but too many cliches. Reminded me too much of Forrest Gump meets Titanic. I didn't like Cate Blanchett's character.
I liked the concept; I liked the idea of showing a main character whose existence is so far removed from everyone else's. I enjoyed the film on the level of a fable or metaphor. Jared Harris was good, he needs to be in more movies. In the end, the film was very sad, but not particularly uplifting.

2 comments:

Bryan CastaƱeda said...

The trailers made this look like a snooze fest.

Michael said...

I'll never see this film. I really want to like Brad Pitt, but he's so hit or miss with me. I liked him in Inglorious Bastards, but not much else.