The Curious Case of Benjamin Button vs The Shape of Water
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.2/10 for The Shape of Water). The Shape of Water is the shorter watch at 2h 3m compared with 2h 46m. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the older of the two (2008 against 2017). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Shape of Water| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | The Shape of Water | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 46m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | David Fincher | Guillermo del Toro |
| Main cast | Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Jared Harris, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt | Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Nick Searcy, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg |
Synopsis
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…
The Shape of Water
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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