Across the Universe vs The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.1/10 for Across the Universe). Across the Universe is the shorter watch at 2h 13m compared with 2h 46m. Across the Universe is the older of the two (2007 against 2008). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Across the Universe
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button| Across the Universe | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 13m | 2h 46m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Julie Taymor | David Fincher |
| Main cast | Evan Rachel Wood, Robert Clohessy, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Bill Buell | Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Jared Harris, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt |
Synopsis
Across the Universe
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin…
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