Movie Review: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

The movie I chose to write my paper on is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The movie begins with a scene of an older lady named Daisy in the hospital. Daisy is old and dying and her daughter Caroline is by her side. Caroline tries to say goodbye to her mother. Caroline says that she hopes she hasn’t disappointed her mother. Her mother stated that no she has disappointed her and asked her to read a diary to her. The diary begins with a story that takes place in New Orleans during 1985. Thomas Button is rushing through the streets as everyone is celebrating the end of the Great War to get to his wife who is actively in labor with their son. Thomas arrived only to realize that his wife wasn’t doing too well. His wife dies shortly after he

Late one morning, Daisy had come back to visit Queenie. Daisy didn’t recognize Benjamin so she introduced herself to him. When she realized it was Benjamin they caught up and went for dinner. Benjamin had very few gray hairs and started getting stronger and looking better. Mr. Button had come to visit him and they went out for a drink. During this outing, Mr. Button informed Benjamin that he was his father. Mr. Button showed Benjamin the button factory which was the family business. He tells Benjamin that he is sorry for abandoning him after he was born and begins to tell him about his mother. His father died a short time after that, leaving everything to

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