Benjamin Button

He is born a wrinkled, prematurely old baby with the health of a man in his eighties, ages backwards and dies as a new born baby. Hmm, interesting premise, problem is by the end you just don't care about Benjamin Button.

This film is an exercise in tedium with all the hallmarks the academy loves. All the way through I couldn't stop thinking about the hilarious moment in the Simpsons when Homer is in the video store deciding what to rent when on two screens there is an advert for Chimp Cop and on the other Buttercups of Autumn. Benjamin Button is Buttercups of Autumn. The kind of hokum that gets made every now and again with the aulterior motive of bagging oscars.

Seen it all before, bit of Forrest Gump here, bit of titanic there and a little helping of Big Fish.

It is a shame as David Fincher has blighted his resume with this pap as with Fight Club and Zodiac he has made some outstanding work.

Production values are undeniably high, but that does not a film make.

If you want to know more about the plot I suggest you read up. I have expounded as much energy on this rubbish as I can be bothered.

Benjamin Button; more like Benjamin boring - 1/5