The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Benjamin Button may have taken three awards at the BAFTA's but to many fans disappointment they weren't quite the top acolades they felt it deserved.

The truth is maybe it did.

Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born old and begins his life as a young child living inside the mind of an eightie-year-old's body. As everyone around him grows older, Benjamin gets younger.

During his childhood (albeit in the guise of an old man) he meets a young girl called Daisy.

The two remain friends for years before Benjamin finally becomes young and fit enough to leave New Orleans. Through the years Benjamin writes to Daisy and tells her of his many adventures before the two finally meet up again aged forty.

The acting is definitely what holds together what sometimes becomes a thin plot and the performances of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and many of the other characters are what keeps an emotional grip on your attention throughout.

But there are moments when interest in the plot starts to dry up which can you leave you feeling a bit fed-up half way through. Benjamin Button is one of those films that is spoiled only by the fact that it is twenty or thrity minutes too long.