The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008 PG-13 2h 46m

7.6 /10

13.6K

Genre

Drama Fantasy Romance

Plot

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.

Director

David Fincher

Writers

Eric Roth Eric Roth Robin Swicord

Stars

Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Taraji P. Henson

Cast & Crew

Faune Chambers Watkins

Priest Giving Last Rites

David Jensen

Doctor at Benjamin's Birth

Patrick Thomas O'Brien

Peter Donald Badalamenti II

Prostitute with Benjamin

Christopher DesRoches

Young Elizabeth Abbott

Myrton Running Wolf

Dennis Smith

Stephen Monroe Taylor

Sailor

Devyn A. Tyler

Queenie's Daughter Age 14

Man at Caroline's Party

Queenie's Daughter Age 40

Ballerina Who Ties Up Shoelace (uncredited)

Emma Degerstedt

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Megan Brown

Woman Kissing Benjamin (uncredited)

Clay Chamberlin

The Grumpy Sailor (uncredited)

Leslie Augustine

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Blake Balu

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Aliane Baquerot

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Brett Beoubay

1918 Police Officer (uncredited)

Allen Boudreaux

Teddy Roosevelt's Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

Eve Brent

Old Woman (uncredited)

David E. Brown

U.S. Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jake Carpenter

Sailor (uncredited)

Walter Delmar

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Louis Dupuy

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Marian Filali

Hospital Receptionist (uncredited)

Ron Flagge

Bartender (uncredited)

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Joe Fontana

Shrimper (uncredited)

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Garrett Forbes

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Tiffany Forest

Girl on Street (uncredited)

Debby Gaudet

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Simone-Elise Girard

Parisian Woman (uncredited)

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Geraldine Glenn

Family Member (uncredited)

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Zuri Goldman

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Malerie Grady

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Bob Harter

Man Who Buys Button House (uncredited)

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Rhonda Huete

Button Factory Worker (uncredited)

Grant James

Joking Old Man (uncredited)

Christopher Karl Johnson

Medical Officer on Liberty Ship (uncredited)

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Shiloh Jolie

Caroline as Baby (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Jonathan Lane

Usher at Theater (uncredited)

Streetcar Driver (uncredited)

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Audrey Lynn

1920's Woman Strolling by Window (uncredited)

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Angelina McCoy

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Antonia Putiloff

J. Meranda (voice) (uncredited)

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Sean Ross

Russian Soldier (uncredited)

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Ross Rouillier

1918 U.S. Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Robert W. Savina

Man in Rowboat (uncredited)

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Andy Sims

Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)

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Logan Douglas Smith

Neighbor / Son of Nursing Home Elder (uncredited)

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Lauren Swinney

Mrs. Carter (uncredited)

Dennis Thomas IV

Grave Digger (uncredited)

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Michel Thériault

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Yvette Tucker

Carousel Dancer (uncredited)

World War I Officer (uncredited)

User Reviews

Unknownian

4 Feb 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...

talisencrw

20 May 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 intrig...