The essence of this movie is fantastic. It is a heart touching slow moving story. We need to watch this movie with lot of patience. But once the movie is over I was speechless. Very few movies would stay in our mind, this is the one among them.
Director David Fincher had made it very interesting because of the story.
A children born as an old man, he lived his life with backwards and died a small child.
Story
The movie start with first world war end period. America celebrate his victory for a city at the time a button company owner Thomas Button celebrated and came back home. His wife delivered an ugly child with wrinkles and died. He didn’t like that child. He made attempts to kill the small child. Finally he dropped the child in front an elders home and left. A black woman showed all her love towards the child and named him Benjamin. Child looked like 80 year old man with kiddie brain.
When other children are playing Benjamin would hear stories from an old man. After that the movie’s interesting part begun. He got a girl friend name was Daisy.
Days passed by Benjamin worked in a ship. After he married his girl friend Daisy. They were blessed with a girl baby. He showed more love towards them but he knows the truth that he would grew older as child. Hence he wants to leave them both so he said Daisy to marry another man and he left. Daisy being understandable wife allowed him to go.
A few years later he came to know his foster mother died. He returned back to his city. He looks like a small boy. He forgot everybody even Daisy. Daisy adopts her and he dies a small child in her hand.
The movie costumes, art direction, cinematography was excellent. They had brilliantly expressed Benjamin age reduction every scene.
The movie length would only test our patience.
Overall this movie creation was good. they had worked too hard.
I recommend to watch this movie
Reviewed by
KirukkanJagu