The Strange Case Of Benjamin Button

Written by eric roth and robin swicord the curious case of benjamin button is only loosely based on fitzgerald s story borrowing the central conceit of someone being born an old man and becoming younger over the course of their life but adding a lot to the story as well.

The strange case of benjamin button. Pg 13 drama fantasy romance science fiction movie 2008. He goes on to live his life in reverse doing all the normal things running a business marrying and having children going to war attending school and college and ending up in kindergarten and under the care of a nurse. The curious case of benjamin button is a 2008 american fantasy romantic drama film directed by david fincher. Daisy asks caroline to read to her aloud the diary of daisy s lifelong friend benjamin button.

Benjamin s diary recounts his entire extraordinary life the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival but who. The storyline by eric roth and robin swicord is loosely based on the 1922 short story of the same name by f. On the day that hurricane katrina hits new orleans elderly daisy williams nee fuller is on her deathbed in a new orleans hospital. The curious case of benjamin button.

The curious case of benjamin button is an anodyne hollywood film that offers a safe and sanitised view of life and death. The curious case of benjamin button is a strange little fantasy about a baby born in 1860 who appears to be a withered decrepit old man. It s forrest gump goes backwards. Brad pitt gives an oscar r nominated performance in this whimsical fantasy as a man who is born in his 80s and ages backward.