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  • The Bucket List
  • Opened December 25, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr. 37 min.
  • PG-13
    language, including a sexual reference
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. Read More
  • Two terminally ill men try to fulfill a wish list known as "The Bucket List" before each kicks the bucket. After they break out of a cancer ward, they head off on a road trip with an itinerary that includes racing cars, eating giant plates of caviar Read More
  • Cast: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Alfonso Freeman
  • Director: Rob Reiner
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Art House/Foreign, Comedy, Drama

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  • Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List."
  • Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List."
  • Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List."
  • Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List."
  • Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List."
  • Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List."
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The Bucket List Recent Fan Reviews

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    Beautifully Charming

    by Moo-VFanatic

    Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson are a match made in movie performances! This movie will make you see the life in living each day. Both characters (Freeman, Nicholson) are hospitalized with cancer, and end up sharing the same hospital room of which Nicholson's character owns. THey begin to grow on one another as they get to know eachother and set off to do the things in life they've never acheived. Both characters are given an estimated time that they will stay alive before they "hit the bucket" and vow to accomplish every goal written on their Bucket List- even if one has to continue the work by themself. This movie made me realize why Jack Nicholson is such a great and well respected actor. This role was written for Jack Nicholson and could not have been played any better by any other actor. Morgan Freeman brings a joyous, optimistic and kind character that we love see him play. I cried throughout most of the movie simply because it touched my heart. This is a movie worth watching

  • Must Go!

    A beautiful film

    by Richmi

    I read the "professional" critiques of this movie on this site before I went to see it. I'm very glad that I didn't allow them to weigh on my decision to see the movie. Frankly, I'm not sure the critics even saw the same movie I did... and in a sense I'm quite sure that they didn't.

    I found this to be a beautifully moving film. It gave Jack and Morgan the opportunity to play the types personalities that most of us have probably come to expect and enjoy from them. If you are expecting different persona's then you may be disappointed. If you are in a family who has a member currently dealing with cancer, or any life threatening illness, then this film has the potential to touch on numerous emotions. This could help to bring about a sense of freedom and relief or it could stir up things that one may not want stirred. It depends upon the person and their choices.

    Personally, I laughed, cried and found myself leaving with a little more clarity about what is important to me in my life.

  • Must Go!

    The Bucket List - A Treasure

    by jahowell

    I went to see this movie on Christmas Day - the day it actually opened here. I had pretty high expectations, given the pairing of Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I was not prepared for what a perfect film this is. They took a somewhat morbid premise - two terminally ill older guys sharing a hospital room - and turned it into a funny, touching, amazing movie. These two movie stars - and that's what I consider Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Freeman - were incredibly believable as they went through the torture and discomfort of cancer treatment. They then decided to create a "bucket list" - a list of those things they wanted to do before they died. What an adventure this was! They explored, they experienced things and they took us along for the ride. We found that Jack's character had an enormous heart and that Morgan Freeman was just as nice a man as we always thought he was. I don't want to give away too much of the story but viewers here stood and applauded at the end. Go see it!

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The Bucket List Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 60
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    A feel-good film about death, a sitcom about mortality, "Ikiru" for meatheads....

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    In The Bucket List, Nicholson is human-ish. And Freeman is so human.

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Emotionally false.

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    You'd think the team of Rob Reiner, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman might...

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