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2017
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34
Negative reviews
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1.9
Its safety first adventuring and safety first filmmaking, both of which should be mortal sins.
Austin Chronicle
1.3
Your list is more likely to be topped by keeping down a full meal, having a triumphant bowel movement, keeping your energy up in the afternoon, lettin ..
Rogerebert
2.0
By the time the movie gets around to its titular Bucket List, youll have long since been bored with it.
Cinema Blend
3.1
Their trip is made possible by the wealth of Nicholsons Edward Cole and made tolerable by the calming presence of Freemans Carter Chambers, an auto me ..
Ny Daily News
2.5
...contrived and forced, almost begging the audience to pull out the hankie.
JoBlo
2.5
On the list of the 1,000 movies you should see before you die you will not find The Bucket List, which itemizes places to see and emotions to experien ..
Philly
3.0
Now theres two spiritual themes to grapple with after watching this comedy ramble to its surprising and satisfying finale.
Spirituality And Practice
2.8
But the star vehicle comedy is thin, its sentimentality is laid on too thick and its quest for meaningful insights (which often are sound) in reality ..
Sover
1.3
But first timer Justin Zackhams screenplay is so stridently formulaic and disingenuous that the film falls flat at every inspirational turn.
Tv Guide
3.1
The Bucket List (2007) 2 1/2 Stars (out of 4) Tweet A Bucket of Thud By Jeffrey M. Anderson Rob Reiner brings another of this seasons disease of the w ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
Each man has a list, and they are quite different.Coles list has things like getting a tattoo and skydiving, while Chambers list has things like looki ..
Lariat
2.2
Reiner also cannot reconcile the wildly different tones of the movie: buffoonish comedy one minute, treacly life and death melodrama the next.The whol ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
It is, indeed, often a treat to see these two actors sharing the screen.Watching this film is far from a bad thing.
News Review
3.0
The movies warmth is watery and banal, the humor false hearty, and the whole thing seems like an excuse for the stars and director Rob Reiner to visit ..
News Review
3.0
The final message is somewhat basic (about giving and receiving joy), but as a whole, the film is charming and even moving.
Shadows On The Wall
1.8
But just because a movie features two movie stars well into their AARP sunset is no reason to champion it.Even if the film becomes a commercial smash, ..
Cs Monitor
2.0
Even the easy economics of this scenario might have worked if the story had gone somewhere unexpected, but everythings predictable and pat.
Film Journal
2.0
Worse, it confirms one of my greatest fears: that Morgan Freeman is fully capable of narrating movies from beyond the grave.
Mountain X
1.9
How insipid this film looks next to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a brave, artful movie about facing infirmity with dignity and humor, or The Sav ..
Star Tribune
2.5
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Emanuellevy
3.5
The Bucket List does more than entertain us.Its a dramatic reminder of the important things in life.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
The biggest surprise of The Bucket List is how casually it treats the whole bucket list of wild things to do before we die concept.
Ew
3.0
This is a feelgood comedy about dying, with a message of finding your joy and some delusions of profundity.
Empire
3.8
Still, theres a certain delight in seeing Nicholson and Freeman interact; its a heavyweight duet in which Reiner clearly takes delight.
Common Sense Media
1.5
And it sucks.But at least in that one you get Susan Sarandon making you cry.
Movies
2.5
Is Nicholsons rascally epicureanism a reasonable model for living, and how does it translate into old age.To be a 30 year old rogue is easy, but to be ..
Sf Gate
1.5
Yet The Washington Post found that just four adults have been convicted for failing to lock up the guns used.
Washington Post
3.8
Director Rob Reiner has tackled serious subjects here, but the experience of watching it is neither morose nor depressing.
The Movie Boy
2.5
As you can probably tell from the setup, The Bucket List isnt exactly the feel good movie of the year, but it isnt as sad as it would like to be eithe ..
Bullz-Eye
3.2
Music, by Marc Shaiman, borders on overly schmaltzy but manages to keep the positive mood of aThe Bucket List.aI t is nice to be pleasantly surprised ..
Reeling Reviews
3.5
Music, by Marc Shaiman, borders on overly schmaltzy but manages to keep the positive mood of aThe Bucket List.aI t is nice to be pleasantly surprised ..
Reeling Reviews
4.5
Ill warn you now: there is an estranged daughter looming over Nicholsons story, and you can bet that subplot will end up resolving itself in much the ..
Flickfilosopher
3.8
The Bucket List is a simple movie.Its a travelogue and a road film that offers a little deeper emotional resonance than many similar films.
ReelViews
2.5
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
1.5
The dubious pleasure of their company wears thin in such threadbare scripting and rote filmmaking.
Seattle Pi
4.0
Who wouldnt like Nicholson and Freeman at the top of their game, aided by an intuitive script by Justin Bakeman that allows them to argue about the me ..
Tony Medley
3.0
But more often the movie plays their imminent expiration date for kamikaze laughs.
Cnn
3.1
And So It Goes myriad of problems are exacerbated by a hopeless lack of standout sequences, as the film remains pitched at a level of excessive medioc ..
Reel Film
2.5
This will play just fine with people of a certain age looking for a safe 90 minute movie where the drama is telegraphed and the uplift is guaranteed.
The Star
2.5
But its abandoned in favor of the goofier, comic stuff.That this film is even this watchable is mostly due to Nicholson and Freeman.
Deseret News
3.0
But it is the matters of the heart and conscience that are much harder to face and conquer.
Urban Cine File
3.5
The greater your capacity for the sentimentality factor, the quicker it will cling to your heartstrings.
Varia Gate
3.1
Theyre both likable and good actors, but are mainly wasted here.So this movie does have a limited feel good appeal, but as to whether or not its worth ..
Three Movie Buffs
4.4
The eternal human struggle for answers is an unusually resonant chord for a big budget studio movie to strike.
New York Post
2.0
This is a film for people who find cereal packet philosophy a bit taxing.
Nz Herald
4.4
Perhaps, but if nothing else, this movie reminds us of the importance of the journey.The Bucket List strikes a nice balance between comedy and drama, ..
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
3.8
A feelgood, end of life flick that manages to transcend its sobering subject matter and somehow buoy ones spirits.
News Blaze
4.4
Completely engaging, always endearing, Nicholson is a blast and the script is full of strong meaningful dialogue that entertains without falling prey ..
Ross Anthony
3.1
The Bucket List is enjoyable for the most part and touching in others, but nothing surprising or groundbreaking.
Waffle Movies
3.1
It has no edge to it anywhere, neither serrated nor blunt, and its glucose content might give more sensitive viewers a migraine.
Chron
3.1
Itll be heartfelt without being too terribly sappy, funny without crossing too many lines, and itll be fairly straight forward in style and in substan ..
No La
2.0
But The Bucket List sort of gets around this by being a film that is less about death than it is about wish fulfilment death all wrapped up in a cosy ..
Future Movies
5.0
A definite must see.This film has you laughing, crying and amazed at how many things you take for granted, but this movie certainly should not be.
Entertainment Spectrum
2.5
The Bucket List is not a terrible movie, but it is perfectly happy to be absolutely average.
Can Mag
4.4
However, the strength of the performers never allows the film to drift into that terrible movie of the week void that similar films cant seem to escap ..
Crazed Fan Boy
4.0
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Jo Reviews
2.8
Theres a rather humane illustration of friendship in there between the tears and the laughs.
English Oh My News
3.5
For all its sham and plasticity, The Bucket List is a shamelessly entertaining little picture.
Knight At The Movies
2.2
Theres just not a lot of material here, and the ending is a howler.Even Freeman and Nicholson cant make gold from hay, or find greatness in Justin Zac ..
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