In life the process of aging is something inevitable. Everyone gradually ages in time; it is what you do with that time that matters in the end. What if someone could age in reverse instead of dying old one could die young? Mark Twain said; Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80, and gradually approach 18. The film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button uses magical realism to show how life would be happier if one were to age in reverse. I would describe magical realism as realistic but invaded by factors that happen without an explanation. This film has five characteristics of magical realism. First the film makes ordinary subjects seem extraordinary. It also does not justify unreal elements or why they happen. This film touches the heart in a way that it expresses feelings that are unexplainable in words. Therefore in the film the unreal happens as a part or as an extension of reality. Finally the film reveals the mysterious side of the ordinary, giving the ordinary a deeper meaning. At birth Benjamin’s mother dies, and his father gives him away to a nursing home where he is cared for by Queenie. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a film about a man born with the physical characteristics, and appearance of an 80-year-old man. He is also born with the mind, and likings of an old man. He grows younger, and younger as the years pass on, which makes him an outsider to those that know of his condition. In the film Queenie immediately decides that baby who is "as ugly as an old pot" is a child of God who must be cared for, no matter how difficult that may be (Fincher, 2008). Queenie is an ordinary hardworking woman who runs a retirement home in the 1920. What makes her extraordinary is her ability to see past Benjamin's odd appearance despite the social expectations of her time. Queenie tries to bring normality to a situation that is extraordinary. As Benjamin starts to age in reverse he is in a wheelchair, and turns out to be a great listener. He did not think he was a child but because he was always around old people he thought he was just an old man. When is 7 years old Benjamin looks 80. Everyone wants to tell him what they've been through in life. A man with a poor memory points out again, and again that he was struck by lightning seven different times. "God keeps reminding me I'm lucky to be alive” (Fincher, 2008). The man tells how he got stuck throughout the film. In actuality kids are not great listener’s, and nevertheless will people start telling a kid what one has gone thought in life. This shows how an ordinary 7 year can be extraordinary gifts. Both of these characters seem ordinary at the beginning but have qualities that make them seem truly extraordinary. Benjamin meets Daisy she is the granddaughter of one the residents at the home. They instantly bond, and become friends regardless Benjamin’s difference in appearance. Daisy somehow realizes that even though Benjamin has the body of an old man he sees he is different in his mind he sees the innocent of a seven year old. There is no explanation to their friendship i