Reviews of The Bucket List 2007
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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…
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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…
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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.
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why do i torture myself with watching movies that will ultimately make me cry? a beautiful friendship blossoms between two strangers who are both terminally ill.
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I really love this movie. Yeah it sags in the middle a little when they go overseas, but two great actors enjoying their last days of life doing things they always wanted to. The ending gets really sad I will warn you.