The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher—a director generally more associated with grittier fare, like Zodiac, Se7en, and Gone Girl—delves into romance with this fable very loosely based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. Brad Pitt plays the title character, a man who’s born in 1918 already resembling a very old man… and then proceeds to age in reverse, thanks to some remarkable special effects, until he dies as an 84-year-old baby in 2003. This complicates his relationship with Daisy (Cate Blanchett), to say the least, though it also makes their romance (when it’s age-appropriate, that is) all the more remarkable. (Paramount+, Roku Channel, DirectTV, Pluto TV, Plex)
