groucho marx say there no bad thief than a bad movie . ( steal your money and your time ) and that exactly what this film be . do not and i repeat and do not tolerate the comparison to forrest gump a film fill with history and humor . and star stud cast and a solid script and jam pack with history and one clever gimmick after the other and brilliant effect . spoiler benjamin button have one effect and that be make up represent take one of the world most attractive men and make him look unattractive for 75 % of the film and while he moan and groan about the deal he be deal in life . do not get me wrong and they do this well and but he never sympathetic . yjust do not care about him at all . to be honest and the whole film strike me a a giant and draw out metaphor for a midlife crisis represent a man pin after a girl who not ready for him for year and year and then when she finally take him into her bed and they spend a glorious year between the sheet and and as soon a responsibility show up in the form of a child and he run away from commitment and blame his condition . and what the big deal with his condition . so his body be get young . not his mind . that would actually make him a great father . he would be around for the same number of year a many father be for their child . 30/40 year and and during that time he would only have get strong and young and while his mind be still mature . what a gift . great and cherish it . live it . accept your lot in life and challenge and all and and be a remarkable human be . that the challenge lay upon u all . but no instead of face his problem and take on life and love and cherish every moment and he let down the woman he love terribly and run out on her and for what . to have sex with a few woman . preposterous . and then of course and when he come back and she forgive him for be a coward and a stinker . well why . why be so forgiving . what so tough about his life and oh poor guy and he get to get young everyday and he get to get strong and well look a he sleep . where be the appreciation of this miracle . where be the paper who would have be make a big deal over him . where be the major history that he live through which we never saw . where be his amazing slew of life experience and we watch 90 year of a man life and all he do be run and hide from who he be . where be a p l o t. the guy have no appreciation for the people who love him and never know his mother be sick . nope and just come home one day to find she would die . do he not stay in touch with anyone . he do have a sister . i guess she do not want to call to let him know their mother be ill. clearly no one care enough about him to tell him . classic . well if they do not and i do not either . and why do cate character keep his postcard from their daughter once the journal be find . make no sense . cate move into the house and live with him for 5 year a he go through alzheimer a an infant where be julia character during this time . also not speak to anyone . be she not curious why her mother chose to spend 5 year of her life this way . why do she never tell her about her father . why do i watch this piece of drivel and waste my time . save yourself the agony . i be sorry f. scott fitzgerald . i be sure you write a lovely short story . but that all it be and a short story and and should have remain so . before someone drag out your piece to a 3 hour sedative they ought to maybe actually write a s t o r y to justify the running time . watch the trailer . that all you need . and really and do watch it . it interesting and it pretty to look at and and really that the entire story right there and a minute and a half and you can see all of the make up and special effect and you can pretend you have see the film and cause nothing more happens save yourself 3 hour and go spend time with your family instead and appreciate the gift of life instead of squander it on bad film and or watch a different movie and ( ooh and juno and that be a good flick with an actual script about deal with life and hardship and all without bore people to tear ) and or go bang your head against a wall and something remotely entertaining . brad and cate and julia and youre wonderful and all of you and the whole cast and youre lovely and you get pummel by a lousy non script and mind blowingly uninspired direction . i be sorry for you all .