The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Dec 25, 2008

2h 46m

★ 7.6

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Kennedy/Marshall Company

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Cast

Benjamin Button

Brad Pitt

Daisy Fuller

Cate Blanchett

Queenie

Taraji P. Henson

Caroline Fuller

Julia Ormond

Thomas Button

Jason Flemyng

Elizabeth Abbott

Tilda Swinton

Tizzy Weathers

Mahershala Ali

Captain Mike

Jared Harris

Monsieur Gateau

Elias Koteas

Grandma Fuller

Phyllis Somerville

Dorothy Baker

Faune Chambers Watkins

Blanche Devereux

Donna DuPlantier

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