Does Oscar glory beckon for Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button?
Based on a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is the frontrunner at this year’s Oscars with a hefty 13 nominations. Were it not for Slumdog Millionaire, David Fincher’s visually arresting, realist fable would probably sweep the board in a similar fashion to The English Patient. However, this technically dazzling, 166-minute epic still stands a good chance of cluttering the mantelpiece with golden statuettes. Claudio Miranda’s gorgeous cinematography shows off the majestic production design to the full, complemented by slick computer-generated effects and Alexandre Desplat’s heartstring-plucking score. Yet there is something slightly awry in this fantastical tale of a man who grows younger, not older, with each passing day.
