The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008
Directed by David Fincher
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- 166 min
- PG-13
Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
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Character
Earnest, contemplative, meticulous and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
37 profiled raters. Loved most by The Empaths; disliked most by The Empaths.
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Cast
- Brad PittBenjamin Button
- Cate BlanchettDaisy Fuller
- Taraji P. HensonQueenie
- Julia OrmondCaroline Fuller
- Jason FlemyngThomas Button
- Tilda SwintonElizabeth Abbott
- Mahershala AliTizzy Weathers
- Jared HarrisCaptain Mike
- Elias KoteasMonsieur Gateau
- Phyllis SomervilleGrandma Fuller
Crew
- David FincherDirector
- Eric RothScreenplay
- Claudio MirandaDirector of Photography
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Angus WallEditor
- Kirk BaxterEditor
- Ceán ChaffinProducer
- Kathleen KennedyProducer
- Frank MarshallProducer
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