When he closed his eyes, his heart was opened
| Cast |
Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow, Alfonso Freeman, Rowena King |
| Director |
Rob Reiner |
| Screenplay | Justin Zackman |
| Music | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
| Editing | Robert Leighton |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Storyline Entertainment |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Strong and frequent profanity, few swearwords. |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry  Enjoyable and often moving. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 5 |  |
| Cape Times Kevin Crust Geriatric Brokeback Mountain without sex. | 5 | |
| iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden Nothing is as inevitable as death itself. Except perhaps load shedding, or the way that The Bucket List unfolds towards its predictable conclusion. | 8 | |
| The Citizen Natalie Bosman If you love a film you can laugh at and live vicariously through, then The Bucket List will charm its way into your life. | 14 |  |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The Bucket List is a movie about two old codgers who are nothing like people, both suffering from cancer that is nothing like cancer, and setting off on adventures that are nothing like possible. | 5 | |
| eye Weekly Kieran Grant The Bucket List is transparently manipulative and heartwarming half the time. | 5 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli The overly melodramatic yet life-affirming screenplay is in part redeemed by the solid performances and easy camaraderie of the two veteran stars. This is one of those (rare) occasions when I was able to tune down the cynicism and enjoy it on its own terms, even if there was a war at the end between my tear ducts and my gag reflex. | 15 | |
| ScreenItAs you can probably discern, the film is likely going to play differently to different crowds. Older viewers (presumably closer to facing their mortality than younger ones) will likely be more receptive, and thus more easily touched by the emotional moments. On the other hand, younger and/or more cynical ones will likely be distracted by the semi-maudlin approach, credibility stretching moments, and/or the predictable material. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 128 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Earnest performances can't overcome a schmaltzy script. | 8 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6477 Netizens Good and decent tag team effort from two legendary veterans(Nicholson and Freeman) that teaches us about life friendships and touches our emotions and feelings. | 16 | |
Average .. 46% | 9 | |