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The Bucket List (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 144 Fresh: 58  Rotten:86 Average Rating: 5.1/10
 
Consensus: Earnest performances can't overcome a schmaltzy script. Not even the earnest performances of the two leads can rescue The Bucket List from its schmaltzy script. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Theatrical Release: Jan 11, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $93,223,440
Synopsis:
Academy Award winners Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in the comedy drama "The Bucket List," directed by Rob Reiner, a touching, no-holds-barred adventure that shows it's never too late to live life to its fullest. A long time ago, Carter Chambers' (Morgan Freeman) freshman year... [More]
Academy Award winners Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in the comedy drama "The Bucket List," directed by Rob Reiner, a touching, no-holds-barred adventure that shows it's never too late to live life to its fullest. A long time ago, Carter Chambers' (Morgan Freeman) freshman year philosophy professor suggested that his students compose a "bucket list," a collection of all the things they wanted to do, see and experience in life before they kicked the bucket. But while Carter was still trying to define his private dreams and plans, reality intruded. Marriage, children, myriad responsibilities and, ultimately, a 46-year job as an auto mechanic gradually turned his concept of a bucket list into little more than a bittersweet memory of lost opportunities and a mental exercise he occasionally thought about to pass the time while working under the hood of a car. Meanwhile, corporate billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) never saw a list without a bottom line. He was always too busy making money and building an empire to think about what his deeper needs might be beyond the next big acquisition or cup of gourmet coffee. Then life delivered an urgent and unexpected wake-up call to both of them. Carter and Edward found themselves sharing a hospital room with plenty of time to think about what might happen next--and about how much of that was in their hands. For all their apparent differences, they soon discovered they had two very important things in common: an unrealized need to come to terms with who they were and the choices they'd made, and a pressing desire to spend the time they had left doing everything they ever wanted to do. The list wasn't just a mental exercise anymore. It was an agenda. So, against doctor's orders and all good sense, these two virtual strangers check themselves out of the hospital and hit the road together for the adventure of a lifetime--from the Taj Mahal to the Serengeti, the finest restaurants to the seediest tattoo parlors, the cockpit of vintage race cars to the open door of a prop plane--with just a sheet of paper and their passion for life to guide them. Adding and crossing items off their list while taking in the grandeur and beauty of the world, they will grapple with the difficult questions and the even more difficult answers that plague all of us. And, without even realizing it, become true friends. With humor, insight, heart...and a fair amount of attitude. Sometimes you just need a deadline to get your life in gear. --© Warner Bros. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Beverly Todd

Director: Rob Reiner
Screenwriter: Justin Zackham
Producer: Alan Greisman, Rob Reiner, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron
Composer: Marc Shaiman

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 10, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Widescreen - 2.40

Audio:

  • Dolby Surround Stereo - English, French
  • Dolby Surround 5.1 - English, Spanish

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This rather special film is one about mortality and immortality and guarantees both laughter and tears. Of course, the combination of Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman is special in itself

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... plays like Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries, reimagined as an uninspired sitcom and travelogue.

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05/01/08 05:31 PM
Alonso Duralde
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An entertaining tear jerker of a story about two old men facing the end of two very different lives.

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04/16/08 12:29 PM
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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'The Bucket List' begins with a bleak, unsparing glimpse into the unraveling lives of two terminal-cancer patients and ends in unblushing sentimentality.

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04/10/08 01:37 AM
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner
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doesn't a by-the-numbers Rob Reiner buddy movie about dying just about say it all? This is for the hardcore Nicholson and Freeman fans who don't mind considering the mortality of their idols.

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03/17/08 05:59 PM
Matt Kelemen
Las Vegas CityLife
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At one point Morgan Freeman's character shouts, 'This was supposed to be fun.' I couldn't agree more.

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03/04/08 10:12 AM
Jeff Bayer
Daily Herald (IL)
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Just die, already!

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02/25/08 09:32 PM
Bob Grimm
Reno News and Review
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'The Bucket List' pales in comparison to the talents of its stars.

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02/24/08 10:58 AM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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When actors as great as Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman can't make dialogue sound natural, you know the script is a stinkeroo.

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02/15/08 11:51 AM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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02/15/08 03:15 AM
Empire Magazine
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Even the stellar pairing of Nicholson and Freeman yields few sparks.

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02/14/08 12:54 PM
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
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02/14/08 03:15 AM
Matthew Turner
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02/12/08 03:15 AM
BBC
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Terminal cancer can wait.

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02/10/08 10:49 AM
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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Una comedia menor, sensible y muy disfrutable, que descansa sobre el histrionismo de dos grandes actores como Jack Nicholson y Morgan Freeman.

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02/06/08 07:05 PM
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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Adam and Eve. Lennon and McCartney. The Captain and Tenille. Just a few duos that managed to make a little magic when they got together. And now, for you're viewing pleasure, may I add the celebrated team of Jack and Morgan.

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01/31/08 04:24 PM
Michael A. Smith
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Despite a somewhat simplistic view of life ... an engaging examination of two men looking back at their lives without pity or regret.

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01/28/08 11:49 PM
Rich Cline
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It's Grumpy Old Cancer Victims.

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01/24/08 12:41 AM
Fred Topel
Can Magazine
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An endearing film that will bring you to tears and have you cherishing every relationship and day you have.

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01/21/08 10:48 PM
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum
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Calling it Rob Reiner's best film in 12 years doesn't mean much. Remember "Alex & Emma"? Still, this is a modestly entertaining Hollywood fairytale of facing death head-on. Its occasionally leaden story gets light, familiar notes from two legends.

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01/21/08 09:03 AM
Nick Rogers
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)
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