THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Film Review - 18/1/09

Brad Pitt is born old & wrinkled and ages backwards in this bizarre film from David Fincher. The dull dragging sensation of time is fully explored in this 3 year - Sorry 3 hour - boredom fest with Hollywood Oscar expectations. Views of clocks abound as relentless and monotonous clock ticking echoes in the background. I would wonder at just how much this film cost to make?

Starting out with senile dementia we see a child age backward from an old man to a baby again and visit parts of history in a fashion that for the rest of us is a life led forwards to old age. Taking the view that regardless of how time progresses it's the journey along the way that counts. You will experience time in a different way and the experiences you have will be taken differently.