The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Movie review

The inspiration for this movie comes from a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald that came out in 1922. Directed by David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button film has sparked some differences in opinions.

The movie itself is one of those you can play in the background while having a chilled evening. It is dramatic and romantic and can make you think. But the storyline is perhaps not the best of all the Brad Pitt movies that would keep you on the hook for the entire duration, especially when it is that long!

The opening scene for the movie is in a hospital, where an elderly woman can be seen looking quite ill, and her daughter, played by Julia Ormond, by her side. The old lady asks her daughter to read to her from a diary nearby that she says belonged to her friend, Benjamin.

The film story revolves around the life of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), whose father had abandoned him on the doorstep of an elderly home after the mother had died giving birth to Benjamin.

One of the nurses, or as they referred to her in the film, an African-American attendant, called Queenie (Taraji P Henson), finds him, raises him as her own and takes care of him along with, Tizzy (Mahershala Ali).