The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · 166 min
Directed by David Fincher. Written by Eric Roth, Robin Swicord. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond.
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.
Critics 71% · audiences 80% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free) · 13 Oscar nominations, 3 won