The Bucket List

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  • Opened December 25, 2007 
  • 1 hr 37 min
  • PG-13 | language, including a sexual reference
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. More on child suitability

  • 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 and slinging poker chips in Monte Carlo. Full synopsis

  • 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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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

Actors tell us that dying is easy, comedy is hard. But comedies about dying are hardest of all. Read full review

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Charlotte Observer
| Lawrence Toppman

The leads, who were born six weeks apart in 1937, have remarkable hare-and-tortoise chemistry. Read full review

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| James Berardinelli

The movie's sincerity helps it get over some of the most difficult hurdles and the feeling after leaving theater is one of having experienced something worthwhile albeit unremarkable. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Jack Mathews

Despite some emotional dips and a see-it-to-believe-it load of schmaltz at the end, The Bucket List is mostly a joy ride with good company, and the actors obviously were having a high time on their traveling boondoggle. Read full review

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Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List."