The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cluttered with sub-plots, it strays too far from the key relationship for lengthy periods. Ideally, it would enrich a saga to fill in backgrounds and back-stories. But here, it’s done at the expense of some key eras, shortened or left-out of the movie entirely. As I watched, I couldn’t wait for Benjamin’s high school years. How would Fincher/Pitt/Blanchette approach Benjamin’s life-long wisdom, as he is trapped in the body of a teenager? He would have to be schooled, right? It would be illegal if he weren’t. They glossed COMPLETELY over this very impressionable part of a person’s life, as well as others I won’t divulge. So it was frustrating. They violated David Lynch’s number one rule: pay attention to the doughnut, not the hole. It’s not a bad movie. It just could have been much, much better and still have a shorter running time.