The Bucket List (2007)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 97 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman and Sean Hayes
IMDb score:
7,3 (271.070)
Releasedate: 25 December 2007
The Bucket List plot
"Find the joy."
Millionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and worker Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) meet in a special cancer ward at a hospital. Both men are terminally ill and do not have long to go. Still, they both have plenty of things they want to do. One day, the old couple decides to escape from the hospital to fulfill the lists of things they once wanted to do.
Actors and actresses
Edward Periman Cole
Carter Chambers
Thomas
Virginia Chambers
Roger Chambers
Maya
Dr. Hollins
Flight Attendant
Angelica
Kai
Reviews & comments
Mescaline
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- 7095 messages
- 3256 votes
After 10 years, it was urgently time for a review, especially now that the film is also on Netflix, the choice was easy after I also rewatched Little Miss Sunshine earlier in the evening, the combination between comedy and drama followed exactly.
Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman are of course veterans in their field, that was (obviously) already the case in 2007.
The film manages to find an almost perfect combination between comedy and drama and I rarely see that. Where on the one hand the film is light-hearted and entertaining and regularly manages to conjure a big grin on your face, the film also manages to release a lot of emotion at the same time, this is not only due to the strong roles of Nicholson & Freeman but certainly also because of the writing of the characters, because they come across as lifelike and their dialogues sincere and realistic.
The Bucket List is a film with its heart in the right place, light-hearted where it can be light-hearted and heavier where necessary, taken from the real world!
My vote was a 4 10 years ago, but now a half star has been added. 
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blurp194
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- 5543 messages
- 4226 votes
Old old men.
All due respect to Freeman and Nicholson, yes, but this predictable tearjerker stuff doesn't do much. I don't believe that the word bucket list comes from here either, that's a bit older in my memory.
It's a shame that the bucket list items have all been eliminated like that. Been there, didn't bother, that's how it seems to me. It mainly raises the question of whether there is no more. Why not read something like the original Cervantes version of Don Quixote. Feeding a polar bear at the zoo. Cooking a perfectly seasoned soup. It must be something like that all that bucket list stuff is heavily hyped by all aviation business, but what really bothered me is to only drive those old cars for a short time. Then I think you missed something somewhere. Just sad. Maybe that one question should have been 'have you ever destroyed something for pleasure'.
This makes the total quite unsatisfactory, despite the greasy and syrupy feel-good sauce that drips off. Too fat for me.
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Woland
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- 4809 messages
- 3825 votes
Two big names as actors, and indeed, they deliver - and sure enough, they have some chemistry too. But that's one of the few good things I can say about the film, because you rarely come across much more predictable and sugary than The Bucket List. Two old socks have terminal cancer, become friends, and decide to do some cool things in their final months. Of course, some outstanding family problems are ironed out, and the gentlemen also do the biggest cliché activities. Parachuting, racing, traveling a lot and eating some exotic treats. To be fair, the first half of the movie did have some potential, as the gentlemen find out they don't have long to live and try to deal with it. But once the Bucket List started, so did the misery and the feel-good, and the further along, the more my tooth enamel flaked off from the copious amount of tame sweetness. Fortunately, Nicholson and Freeman made up for it.
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