The Bucket List
2007 Directed by Rob Reiner
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When he closed his eyes, his heart was opened
Corporate billionaire Edward and working class mechanic Carter have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to escape and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their "bucket list". In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.
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I was certainly considering giving this film three stars, but after re-evaluation and deliberating over but the film as an overall perspective, my resolute decision is ★★½.
The acting was good by the main actors; good humour though really should have been more light heartened scenes with a mixture of dim moments for the main characters. A little anomalous for me. Though it sheds a fine story between two men. But it’s somewhat disappointing that my two favourite American actors delivering a substandard film. -
This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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When I heard about this movie I instantly thought that it had three things going for it right away. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman and Rob Reiner. I mean sure I hadn't really cared about a movie that Reiner had done since Misery a good seventeen years earlier but you can't ignore the fact that he also gave us timeless classics like Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This Is Spinal Tap. As far as Nicholson and Freeman go, well they never disappoint even if the movie they are in might not be the best sometimes.
The Bucket List focuses on two terminally ill patients who have to share a hospital room together. Soon enough they decide that since they…
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Powerful and moving film. Nickolson and Freeman show great chemistry in friendship.
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A lot more low-key and performance-driven than I would have guessed and it's nice to see Freeman and Nicholson interact. They've got terrific chemistry. That said, it still has terrible CGI scenes of the stars trading barbs while driving race cars and jumping out of an airplane and load of sentiment ladled on top. There's a cap on how good it's going to be.
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i know its a film about things people want to do before they die
but, i thought, it would be ..funnier
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Shuffling through my parents' DVD collection for a film with any semblance of quality, I stumbled upon 'The Bucket List'. Being a human being, I had obviously heard the phrase thrown around many times by those deemed 'savvy' enough to use it. I assumed, perhaps naively, that the term became immortalised in pop-culture as a result of the film's merit. I was wrong.
It's often hard to deal with a film starring (or narrated by) Morgan Freeman, due to the overwhelmingly popular myth that he's some kind of omniscient deity that can do no wrong. While I agree he's been gifted with a voice primed to sink a thousand ships, I often feel let-down by his acting; which consistently leaves…
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A wonderfully amusing, heartfelt and touching story from director Rob Reiner, with thetwo greatest actors of their generation - Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.
Carter (Freeman) and Edward (Nicholson) are two different people from two very differnt walks of life. Carter being an everday grease monkey mechanic and Edward a billionnaire industrialist. But both meet in the same hospital unit after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. The two face their predicament with the help of eachother, be it a difficult task to do at first, and embark on a world tour to complete a bucket list of things to do before they die.
Thw two men also help each other fix previous mistakes and family wounds left open in…
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A fun and moving film with a simple, profound premise, starring two of the greatest actors of our time.
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A lot more low-key and performance-driven than I would have guessed and it's nice to see Freeman and Nicholson interact. They've got terrific chemistry. That said, it still has terrible CGI scenes of the stars trading barbs while driving race cars and jumping out of an airplane and load of sentiment ladled on top. There's a cap on how good it's going to be.
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Reflections of what could have been ...
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As even the poster says: time to start living.
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A film with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson as the protagonists is naturally impossible to be below great.
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Absolutely fantastic
Touching, sad, a masterpiece
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Incredibly heartwarming.