

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $150M
- Box office
- $335.8M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- navy
- funeral
- boat
- diary
- tea
- great depression
- travel
- hospital
- historical fiction
- period drama
- magic realism
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereWestwood, California8 Dec 2008
- TheatricalPG-1325 Dec 2008
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A6 Feb 2009
AustraliaAU
- PremiereM10 Dec 2008
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A25 Dec 2008
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT1230 Jan 2009
BrazilBR
- Premiere1216 Jan 2009
CroatiaHR
- Theatrical125 Feb 2009
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT12+29 Jan 2009
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1116 Jun 2009
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical6 Feb 2009
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1120 Feb 2009
FranceFR
- Theatrical124 Feb 2009
- TVFrance•526 Sept 2025
- Digital / OTTFrance•tv27 Sept 2025
- TVCanal+ Grand Écran29 Apr 2026
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was released on 25 December 2008.
Audience reviews
3- T9/10
talisencrw
5/19/2016
One of Fincher's masterworks--though I like others better. He's definitely one of the only people alive who could have succeeded with this very intriguing story. There are moments--when Benjamin's coming into his own, both with Tilda Swinton's character and with Cate Blanchett's--that are amongst the finest and most invigorating I have ever seen in cinema. I'm curious how I'll find it when I rewatch it in a few ye…
- U9/10
Unknownian
2/4/2022
This movie is in my top 10 movie list in life. It is a cinema achievement that may never be outdone by 'anyone'. Considering that this masterpiece was shot digitally in 2007, it is miles above any CG effort since. For those of you that haven't seen it: "SEE IT". Besides a great story (with one flaw), this film makes illusion and simulation become reality. The one flaw: I have great respect for David Fincher, a…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/2/2026
A baby is abandoned by his petrified parents when it is born with all the features of an elderly man. Fortunately, he finds a home with the caring "Queenie" (Taraji P. Henson) who is somewhat adept at looking after seniors - just not ones this tiny. It doesn't take "Benjamin" long to assume a more adult size but he still exhibits all the frailties of a disablingly arthritic old age whilst having the emotional maturit…
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