The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Review By Rufio

I am very disappointed with this movie. Yes, the effects and acting are superb (without question). The story is very disappointing. It starts out with great promise, but as the story progresses you realize there is not going to be growth in the characters (if anything they go backwards). There are very few good, redemptive qualities about this film. The worldview is highly suspect ("live for yourself above all costs"?) and by the time it ends you are sucked into the character's despair (a praise, I guess, of Director Fincher - he sells you on the story and characters so well that you feel rotten by the end).

**NOTE: I really have no idea how to rate the direction of this film. If he meant to rob the audience of any sort of joy and the characters of redemption, then he should get 5 stars. If not, then 2 stars is generous!**