The Curious Case of Benjamin Button concerns itself with the fate of an individual who ages in reverse. Born a shriveled old man, Benjamin Button experiences the natural aging process backward.

Under the definition for gorgeous male in the dictionary, you will find a picture of Brad Pitt. As much as we have opinions about his private life, he’s got screen appeal and enough talent to… ...

While watching "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" -- all 167(!) minutes of it -- I kept thinking of Joni Mitchell's song "The Circle Game" and its rueful, poignant chorus: ...

Permanently hiding the conundrum of his unique life, Benjamin suffers. Almost every situation in which he finds himself across the show’s 22 scenes means he is at odds with those around him ...

To age in reverse, like Benjamin Button in F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 yarn, illuminates little in and of itself – because it’s the opposite of anyone’s experience, empathy’s hardly a given.

Smartly refusing to be doggedly faithful, bookwriter and director Jethro Compton retains the arc of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s (very) short, fable-like story “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ...