The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

In this movie, the protagonist Benjamin Button is born old. So he doesn’t grow older, but younger. The movie highlights how aging, regarless of its form, is inevitable. And with it comes all kinds of adventures, transitions, and conflicts. Benjamin shows the tribulations of aging, particularly of aging backwards – simultaneously facing the milestones of both types. What makes this move interesting is seeing how he copes growing in two directions since aging in itself is full of complications. His story is basically a battle between physical aging and maturation. Physical growth seems to hinder the characters’ capabilities: the older their bodies get, the more they are handicapped. Similarly, a baby (or very young child) is helpless. The move is narrated by Daisy, Benjamin’s lover, who is on her death bed telling the sort of her life. It beings with Benjamin’s ‘curious’ birth and proceeds to trace their lives via their interactions with one another. Although their different ages only allow them to meet halfway, at middle-age, their love story transcends the boundaries of age.