From the outset, this book is gripping. While the illustrations are beautiful, the story is engaging and well-told. The protagonist is a young steamboat captain named Twain. He navigates the Hudson River obsessively, all while avoiding his difficult home life. While he loves his invalided wife, he finds no pleasure remaining at home with her.…
REVIEW: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008)
If you’ve read the classic short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, be warned. The wit and charm (and the major plot points) are missing from this melodramatic adaptation. The story was inspired by Mark Twain‘s comment that youth is wasted on the young. Fitzgerald took the idea and ran with it, and the film shares…