FINALLY! "Bernie" is a movie worth watching

Bernie (9) got me back to the theater. Glad I went (for a change.)

Monday, January 5, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Rating:  8 out of 10
Starring:  Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett

On the day World War I ended, November 11, 1918, a baby is left on the step of a retirement home.  This baby is different from any other -- a withered old man in an infant body.  He is cared for by a loving woman who finds him.  He leaves the home after his 17th year of aging in reverse, and his subsequent years are experienced in full.  He falls in love with Cate Blanchet, who ages as he gets younger.  

I feared that the 2 hour, 48 minute running time would be wearisome, but it wasn't.  The film is based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald story.  It is well told, and held my interest throughout.


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