They say youth lingers in one’s soul and often defies physical aging. They also say youth relates to love. However, defining attraction is a lot more difficult. But “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” lets us take a quick look at the world through the eyes of an old man whose spirit is younger than a baby’s and through the perspective of a kid whose soul is older than it should.

 

In the David Fincher-helmed movie the special effects are so stunning and Brad Pitt’s performance is so compelling that one gets to live literally every second of Benjamin Button’s extraordinarily curious life.

 

Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is the son of a well-heeled button maker in post-World War I New Orleans who metes out instant bedlam on the people surrounding him due to his physique, which bears the bodily raggedness of an octogenarian. His mother dies immediately after his birth and his father, Thomas Button (Jason Flemyng) leaves him on the steps of a retirement home. Benjamin is found by a young woman named Queenie (Taraji P. Henson) who is a member of staff at the nursing home and, with her help, he finds shelter among the elderly.

 

There, Benjamin runs into Daisy, a six-year-old girl who often comes to see her grandmother. His growing process follows an atypical backward trajectory and as Daisy ages, Benjamin becomes younger. Thus, the two fall in love and in spite of the fact that the intensity of their relationship is not measured in years, their bond starts to fall apart when Daisy gets old and Benjamin benefits from the body of a teenager.

 

The situation proves to be more dangerous that one would have initially thought and as secrets come to light, magic starts embellishing the story, leaving audiences mesmerized and pensive.