First of all I am feeling bad as I was not able to post my reviews for some time now as I was busy in my main blog. So posting all the 3 movies I saw late last month.
The story is quite a fictional one and it is about a child who is born as an old man of eighty years and as he grows up he becomes younger. Tough to believe, but the narrative is nice and the flow is equally supporting to the screenplay. Cate Blanchette who plays the roll of Daisy, the love interest of Benjamin, does a very good job though she has got limited scope in the script. But again the movie belongs to one man, Benjamin Button played by the immensely talented Brad Pitt. I would rank this roll of his more than Troy. After Babel these two are seen together again. The rest of the cast suits into their own respective roll with ease.
The movie is based on bizarrely unrealistic story which is pretty hard to believe. But the narrative, acting, screenplay and the direction blended with immaculate and astonishingly perfect make-up and visual excellence. You feel for Brad Pitt every time he comes to the screen with a new look and delivers a nice shot, one after another. They best part is there are so many emotional moments, but none of the character gets animated. It's the audience who might need a tissue paper. There so many moments in the movie that you can carry back home. The runtime of 166 minutes is slightly high considering it a Hollywood movie, but after long time (infact after Tom Hanks movies) I enjoyed the movie without complaining about the pace. This itself speaks for the brilliant direction.
Go for it and watch it for it's cinematic brilliance.
Verdict: 4 / 5
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