Summary
The film vetoes outright Fitzgerald's idea of the newborn Benjamin becoming garrulous only moments after the snipping of his umbilical cord; instead, this freakish creature, abandoned by his father inigzos New Orleans, starts out like the baby from Eraserhead, and is then transformed into a teeny-weeny John Denver lookalike by complex digital trickery and make-up. Except that the only substance comes from the presence and persona of this actor, who in his willingness to tarnish his pin-up looks (see Kalifornia, Twelve Monkeys, Snatch) has demonstrated a high level of image consciousness.
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Age Before Beauty
Age before beauty
A hyper-schmaltzy insight into our obsession with youthful looksThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button (12A)dir: David FincherOne three-hour film about mortality starring Brad Pitt could be dismissed as unfortuna...See the full content of this document
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