The Bucket List | 
| 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:  240 reviews
Sales Rank: 370
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 0.6
MPN: 113988
UPC: 085391139881
EAN: 0085391139881
ASIN: B000YAF4MA
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 2007
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
In THE BUCKET LIST, cancer doesn't discriminate in its choice of victims. It's equally eager in its attacks on kindly sage of a mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) and mean-spirited millionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson). When the unlikely pair shares a room at a hospital, they learn that they both have less than a year to live as a result of the deadly disease. Inspired by the words of a college professor, Carter begins to make a "bucket list" of things he wants to accomplish before he dies. With Edward's limitless funds at their disposal, the men embark on an adventure that takes them from Egypt to France to Hong Kong, crossing items off their list as death grows closer. Fans of the leading actors will be glad to see them in familiar territory: Freeman plays a narrator who's nearly godlike in his omniscience, while Nicholson stars as the lovable grump. Both men have won Oscars for similar roles (Nicholson for AS GOOD AS IT GETS, and Freeman for MILLION DOLLAR BABY), so they excel in these parts. Director Rob Reiner's career has jumped between comedy and drama, and despite its serious subject matter, THE BUCKET LIST resides firmly in comedic territory. But fans of weepies such as TERMS OF ENDEARMENT and MY LIFE will find much to like in this film that is sure to require a tissue or two.
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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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movie order June 25, 2009
S. Brown (Goshen, OH)
The video was delivered in a timely fashion and was in the condition described. My husband was thrilled!
 Not The Expected Comedy But A Serious Statement of Life June 23, 2009
Grandma Sue (Reno, NV USA)
This move is so awesome! We have watched it so many times and we see different things each time. It is just so thought provoking yet so down to earth at the same time. It truly is a "must-see" movie! Then think about it!!! A comparable children/grandparent's story is Grandpa, Do It! I Do It, Too! It connects two multigenerational lives together as well. Enjoy!
Loved this movie June 20, 2009
Devin M. Foster (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Loved this movie when I saw it at the theater and had to have it. My husband and I watch it often.
PLAN AHEAD..NO ONE GETS OUT OF LIFE ALIVE.... June 11, 2009
JUDY (ORANGE COUNTY ,CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
WONDEFUL,AND SAD. YOU KNEW WHAT WAS COMING, YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN....BUT, IT DID, AND WAS PORTRAYED IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND FUNNY WAY. I LAUGHED AND CRIED.
 Not Your Typical Jack Nicholson June 7, 2009
L. J. Stewart
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my husband. I'm not a real Nicholson fan, but in this movie, his character isn't what we've come to expect from him. It's sort of a fun adventure as these two 'check' off their list all the things they want to do before they kick the bucket. It's entertaining and fun.
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