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| Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  135 reviews
Sales Rank: 29
Format: Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 113988
UPC: 085391139881
EAN: 0085391139881
ASIN: B000YAF4MA
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 2007
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Product Description
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow Directors: Rob Reiner Format: Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC Language: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Rating: Studio: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: June 10, 2008 Run Time: 97 minutes
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"You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you," says the quietly wise Carter Chambers, played with gravitas and grace by a Morgan Freeman. In Rob Reiner's moving, often hilarious film The Bucket List, all sorts of people measure themselves against the two heroes, Chambers and his hospital suitemate, Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson). But as Cole finds, having spent his entire life building a Fortune 500 company, none of that much matters when cancer, the great equalizer, pays a visit. The film traces the adventures of the two unlikely friends, who meet in a hospital cancer ward, each given six months to live. The "bucket list" of the title refers to a lifelong list of goals that a teacher of Chambers once advised him to compile--and achieve--"before you kick the bucket." Soon the two are off on what may be the last grand adventure of their life, vowing to tick off as many goals (skydiving, race-car driving, seeing the wonders of the world) as they can in the time they have left. What starts as a medical melodrama becomes a road trip, yet the men's mortality realities are never far from thought. The two leads give impressive performances, and remind the viewer of just how few American films focus on the lives and loves of senior citizens. Nicholson even manages to lose his persona in his character, much as he did in About Schmidt. There's a lovely John Mayer tune, "Say (What You Need to Say)," that's perfectly matched to the film's clear-eyed view of life: What does one person leave behind as his true legacy? --A.T. Hurley
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 The Bucket List (DVD) July 24, 2008
Patricia L. Schwatka
FANTASTIC movie !!!!
5 STARS !!!
If this movie doesn't inspire you to make the most out of life, nothing will......
The Bucket List July 23, 2008
Pegleg
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love the movie and was so glad to be able to get it from Amazon.com and with other items I got free shipping. I also had gift certificates so I paid very little for my items.
 Interesting, sad, yet worth watching! July 23, 2008
J. Clay
This was a good movie. Worth the $3.99 rental fee. Some parts hit me pretty hard, and I was tearing (rhymes with steering) up. This from a GUY!
Other parts dragged on, but it wasn't boring. Interesting movie, and two excellent actors. Made me think about my life, mostly, and what I'm doing wrong, or could change. I suppose that was the whole purpose of the movie, maybe?
Anyway, I enjoyed it, definitely worth renting. Great performances, could have had a deeper plot though.
And I have to mention, the video quality was excellent, didn't notice any hiccups in the playing of the movie. Amazon has done a great job. And I didn't have to spend any money on gas to rent this movie (a definite plus!).
Lightweight but with a few worthwhile moments July 23, 2008
Allan M. Lees (Novato, CA USA)
This is a generic buddy movie but unlike Curtis and Poitier in The Defiant Ones, Nicholson and Freeman are chained together metaphorically: both have only a short time to live and both are seeking some kind of meaning before their hearts cease beating. The conceit is simple, the script is undemanding and the plot line unfolds pretty much exactly as you'd expect, with chippy dialog and set-piece dramatic moments, not to mention the inevitable "meaning of life" schticks that recur with monotonous regularity.
What makes it worth watching (aside from the gorgeous travelog visuals) is that Nicholson truly acts for a moment, near the very end, during the funeral oration. He's a star who has spent so much of his career mugging to camera that it's a real joy to see him doing more, and actually doing it successfully.
Furthermore there's a scene that is unintentionally comic: about one-third into the movie when the two protagonists are in their shared hospital room deep in a discussion about life, the continuity goes to hell as Freeman's spectacles alternately appear and disappear from his face as shot follows shot. Clearly the director hoped no one would notice and forewent the expense of re-shooting the scene. This unintended comic effect has the additional virtue of distracting from the leaden dialog, so it's wholly a plus point.
All in all, this is just another Hollywood mechanically-cranked-out product but it's pleasantly distracting and essentially harmless and (mirabilis dictu) there isn't a firearm in sight.
Great Movie July 22, 2008
B. Cirincione (Cave Creek, AZ)
Anyone who loves Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson will like this movie. Even though the ending wasn't what I expected, I truly enjoyed it.
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