It's all about sacrifices

Brad Pitt is one of my favourite movie stars and not just because of his looks. He has given the American film industry a selection of romantic, comedy, action and drama movies that are unique and fun to watch and his latest film Benjamin Button is no different.

The movie begins with a clockmaker in New Orleans, whose son was killed in the The Great War.

His clock is unveiled at New Orleans train terminus and runs backwards at the same time as Benjamin Button is born on Armistice Day, 1918, aged 86.

His mother dies after delivering him, leaving a deformed child with the appearance of an old man.

His grieving father gets the shock of his life when he takes a glimpse at him, so he picks him up and storms out of the house. He ends up leaving Benjamin on the steps of Nolan House, a retirement home run by a woman called Queenie (Taraji P Henson).

Queenie takes care of him as he grows up and he becomes friends with Daisy, the granddaughter of one of the other residents.

When he turns 17, Benjamin leaves home and sets off to sea and when the Second World War breaks out, Benjamin finds a job in Russia and settles there.

He experiences his first love with the wife of a British envoy but his heart is broken when suddenly she leaves the country with her husband without informing him.

While everyone gets older in the movie, Benjamin gets younger and more handsome. Daisy becomes a professional dancer and Benjamin's father gets back to his life and admits his mistake. Though we can see the emotion and love Daisy has for Benjamin she rejects him and his support several times.

But they eventually stop resisting their feelings for each other and live happily together for a while but that is not the ending.

The movie really shows us the sacrifices couples make in order to make the other party happy ... how love is less about what you want and more about what makes your partner's life easier and more comfortable.

All the details of the love story are written in a diary kept by Benjamin, which is in Daisy's possession and which her daughter Caroline reads to her on her deathbed.

Frankly, it is a movie you have to see, whether you like the concept or not. I for one enjoyed it very much.

Showing in: Seef II, Saar Cineplex and Al Jazeera Cineplex