Written November 25, 2008
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BUTTON-UP! Grade: SOLID A
This evening I attended the special advance private press preview of this entertainingly philosophical 2 hour 47 minute movie-adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1921 short story - impeccably wonderfully screen-written by Eric Roth(Forrest Gump).
Director David Fincher has served-up a gem of a rich lush meticulous detail-oriented tale(with illuminating one-liners) of a man, Benjamin Button(Brad Pitt), who lives his life backwards - his love-story/romance with Daisy(Cate Blanchett) - with a cast of eclectic characters - told through a series of flashback stories - narratives from a diary during hurricane Katrina.
Clever plot devices('lightning man', hummingbirds,...) provided continuity for the movie.
Themes explored were age/aging, fate/coincidence, love, life/death, motherhood, compassion.
Brad was truly riveting while Cate's classical beauty and solid performance was mesmerizing - Tilda Swinton's screen-presence was consumingly engaging.
VERDICT:
MUST-SEE!
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