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Metascore
37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttSuperbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date.
- 100New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickIt takes a world-class storyteller and a great yarn to rivet your attention for nearly three hours. This very classy, old-school movie - employing cutting-edge technology that will make your eyes pop - did it for me.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA curious case indeed: an extravagantly ambitious movie that's easy to admire but a challenge to love.
- 90NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenLyrical, original, misshapen and deeply felt, this is one flawed beauty of a movie.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere's no denying the film's power of compulsion and the sense that, when it's all over, it means something. Most viewers will be entertained and moved, and some will find their intellect aroused.
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyThis odd, epic tale of a man who ages backwards is presented in an impeccable classical manner, every detail tended to with fastidious devotion.
- 80New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierBenjamin never questions his fate and never actually gets to enjoy being a kid. At least there's a thoughtful middle part, where the enigmatic Blanchett comes alive and Benjamin seems haunted by life -- someone we recognize, and not just a vessel tossed about by time.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversWhat Button shows is that Ben is ultimately not the hero of his own life or his own movie. He gets inside our head, that's for sure, but, frustratingly, we never get inside his.
- 75USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigWorth seeing just for the superb prosthetic makeup and seamless computer-generated effects in which Pitt's head is digitally imposed onto older bodies.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinAttains a level of quiet grace. It's too bad that I can barely remember the movie after only a week. Nothing lasts, indeed.