Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) by Steven B — 11 Apr 2014

78%.

It's no masterpiece, but a worthy watch.

This review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) was written by Steven B on 11 Apr 2014.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Russell H (886) on 06 Nov 2018

Long but thoroughly entertaining. Very interesting to see someone age in reverse…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Steve B (1,343) on 05 Sep 2017

Relatively well made, relatively pointless movie. The guy ages backwards - okay I guess someone had to try that at some point. So what…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Daniel P (2,457) on 01 Mar 2017

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button When what happens next is so unpredictable, we have no control…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 23 Jul 2017

Benjamin never questions his fate and never actually gets to enjoy being a kid…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Wyngard J (3) on 18 Jan 2017

A beautiful film of incredible performances that in this story beyond being fictional, conveys many messages…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Sam M (1,488) on 19 Jan 2018

Melodramatic generally, but after all the sadness when we take a look at what this movie really is, it's more pointless and calculated than…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Eileen Jones (139) for The eXile (94) on 31 Oct 2018

I'd like to report that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button represents the end of an era, one of those turning-points when American movies…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Sep 2017

A gravely beautiful drama about the mysteries of aging and death…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Linda M (501) on 22 Oct 2017

This movie left me dumbfounded. Brilliant…

Read Review

Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Merijn J (211) on 10 Aug 2018

These kinds of films are special occasional storytelling with an epic length of one character's growth through gentle complexity, even though…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Three Colors: White (1994)

By Steve Beard (6) for Empire (3,446) on 01 Mar 1994

Kieslowski plays all this for laughs, and the anti-capitalist satire which fuels Karol's rake's progress remains the most satisfying part of the film…

Read Review

Review of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

By Andreeka (7) on 06 Mar 2015

The worst film ever made.the character is dull, the story are pretty mediocre. just pointless for 2.5 hours. it waste my time…

Read Review

Review of The Science of Sleep (2006)

By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 27 Sep 2006

A painfully bad film ... This ridiculous art-house nonsense is supposed to be a comedy, but I never laughed nor did I ever even come close to smiling…

Read Review

Review of Taxi Driver (1976)

By Nightwingnova (2) on 12 Dec 2011

An unjustifiably celebrated movie. Scorsese directs well enough. The actors are good (especially Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel)…

Read Review

Review of Léon: The Professional (1994)

By Slevin (1) on 15 Nov 2005

A farfetched, hollow tear-jerker A story so full of holes you could use it to catch fish…

Read Review

Review of Sissi (1955)

By Sari P (368) on 18 Oct 2015

MÃªme en ayant rien Ã faire Ã Ste-Rose pendant 10 ans, non, non et re-non! Une Ã©toile pour les images... le reste, m'en calisse…

Read Review

Review of Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)

By Sari P (368) on 18 Oct 2015

MÃªme en ayant rien Ã faire Ã Ste-Rose pendant 10 ans, non, non et re-non! Une Ã©toile pour les images... le reste, m'en calisse…

Read Review

Review of The King of Comedy (1982)

By Paptimussc (3) on 08 Oct 2019

I watched for 40 minutes before turning it off…

Read Review

Review of Rio Bravo (1959)

By Kaseywol (2) on 17 Jul 2020

Pretty much garbage. I don't know why people once thought John Wayne was a good actor. Unrealistic overly long and brainless…

Read Review

Review of Gladiator (2000)

By Sydmwswy (27) on 23 Jun 2022

Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world. The script is zero…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

75%1,027 Reviews

Anuvahood

2011

55%71 Reviews

Birth

2004

55%557 Reviews

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

1994

50%329 Reviews

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

1995

43%208 Reviews

Slaughterhouse-Five

1972

66%189 Reviews

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

86%594 Reviews

Goldfish Memory

2003

67%42 Reviews

Blade Runner

1982

84%1,080 Reviews

Our Man Flint

1966

65%86 Reviews