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Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Metacritic reviews

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

70

Metascore

37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
  • 100
    The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
    The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
    Superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date.
  • 100
    New York PostLou Lumenick
    New York PostLou Lumenick
    It takes a world-class storyteller and a great yarn to rivet your attention for nearly three hours. This very classy, old-school movie - employing cutting-edge technology that will make your eyes pop - did it for me.
  • 91
    Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
    Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
    A curious case indeed: an extravagantly ambitious movie that's easy to admire but a challenge to love.
  • 90
    NewsweekDavid Ansen
    NewsweekDavid Ansen
    Lyrical, original, misshapen and deeply felt, this is one flawed beauty of a movie.
  • 88
    ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
    ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
    There's no denying the film's power of compulsion and the sense that, when it's all over, it means something. Most viewers will be entertained and moved, and some will find their intellect aroused.
  • 80
    VarietyTodd McCarthy
    VarietyTodd McCarthy
    This odd, epic tale of a man who ages backwards is presented in an impeccable classical manner, every detail tended to with fastidious devotion.
  • 80
    New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
    New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
    Benjamin never questions his fate and ­never actually gets to enjoy being a kid. At least there's a thoughtful middle part, where the enigmatic Blanchett comes alive and Benjamin seems haunted by life -- someone we recognize, and not just a vessel tossed about by time.
  • 75
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    What Button shows is that Ben is ultimately not the hero of his own life or his own movie. He gets inside our head, that's for sure, but, frustratingly, we never get inside his.
  • 75
    USA TodayClaudia Puig
    USA TodayClaudia Puig
    Worth seeing just for the superb prosthetic makeup and seamless computer-generated effects in which Pitt's head is digitally imposed onto older bodies.
  • 60
    New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
    New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
    Attains a level of quiet grace. It's too bad that I can barely remember the movie after only a week. Nothing lasts, indeed.
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