It’s hard to fathom such a hefty sum being spent on a film that obliges audiences to sit in the dark for close to three hours contemplating what the typical blockbuster pays through its nose to insulate us from: aging, death, and the impermanence of all we love.
— Andrew Chan (Reverse Shot)
Synopsis: 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.