[摘要]论文拟通过对比原著小说与改编剧本的文本分析，体现出电影《返老还童》(英文名《本杰明·巴顿奇事》）在小说文本的基础上更加着眼于时间的交错、主人公心里的落差、生命逆行的规律、以及爱的无奈。相对于小说略显简短的篇幅更具张力，细节处理更为深入人心。所以从电影与小说的文本入手，比较两者在时间、人物发展、心理变化、细节处理的不同以及改编的目的和意义，从而体会时间流逝的真正意味。

[关键词] 时间 ；命运 ；逆行 ；交错 ；爱

[Abstract] Thesis by comparing the original novel and screenplay adaptation of the text analysis, reflects the movie Benjamin Button(English name Benjamin Button wonders) on the basis of the text in the novel more withTime-staggered hero mind the gap, the law of life retrograde, and the helplessness of love. Relative to the novel slightly short length is more tension, more deeply rooted among the details of the deal. So start from the text of the film and novel, and two in time, character development, psychological changes, different details of the deal, as well as the adaptation of the purpose and significance, so it really mean to experience the passage of time.

[Key words] Time  ；Fate  ；Retrograde  ；Staggered  ；Love