Beauty and the Beast vs The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 4.2/10 for Beauty and the Beast). Beauty and the Beast is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 46m. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the older of the two (2008 against 2010). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Beauty and the BeastThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Audience score★ 4.2/10★ 7.6/10
Year20102008
Length1h 30m2h 46m
GenresDrama, Fantasy, RomanceDrama, Fantasy, Romance
Country––
DirectorDavid ListerDavid Fincher
Main castPeter Cook, Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, Victor Parascos, Vanessa GrayJulia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Jared Harris, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt

Synopsis

Beauty and the Beast

A twist on the morality tale of forbidden love between the beautiful Belle and the feared Beast. As the villagers are being brutally murdered and the Beast is hunted down as the one responsible for the mayhem, Belle and Beast team up to defeat the real killer; the power-hungry witch's malevolent troll.

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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