The Bucket List (2007)

Directed by

Rob Reiner

Genre

drama film, comedy film, tragicomedy, buddy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4,137 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two terminally ill men from very different backgrounds become friends in a hospital. They decide to leave and travel the world together, crossing off items on a list of things they want to do before they die.

bittersweetheartfeltreflectivewarmfunnypoignantlife-affirmingupbeat

What happens

The Bucket List is a 2007 American buddy comedy-drama film directed and produced by Rob Reiner, written by Justin Zackham, and starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The main plot follows two terminally ill men on their road trip with a wish list of things to do before they "kick the bucket". Zackham coined the expression "bucket list" after he wrote his own "List of Things to do Before I Kick the Bucket" and shortened it to "Justin's Bucket List". The first item on his list was to "get a film made at a major studio". This list gave him the idea for the screenplay, and The Bucket List became his first studio film. The film premiered on December 15, 2007, in Hollywood and opened in limited release in the United States on December 25, 2007, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film then had a wide release on January 11, 2008. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2007 and was a box office success, opening at #1 in the United States, and grossed over $175.4 million worldwide, against a $45 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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