Thursday, January 10, 2008
The Bucket List
In The Bucket List, two men receive a cancer diagnosis. They set off on a world adventure to accomplish tasks on a "bucket list", things to do before you kick the bucket. More than once, one asks the other "how much money DO you have?" The reality of the disease, and their lives intervene from time to time. A bit predictable, the tone of this film is uneven. One moment light and cute, the next, dark and philosophical. Maybe that's the byproduct of examining life and death. I did like the way they accomplished most of the items on the list near the end of the film. The performances are outstanding. A poignant film on a difficult subject ... mortality.
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I just can't decide about this one as Freeman and Nicholson are always worth watching, although from the previews it seems like I've seen these characters before and they've both played them better as well.
I found the tone aspect you mentioned interesting because I caught a little of that from the previews. Maybe a matinee . . .
Yeah, matinee or even rental, 2D....
Watching these two stars together is sometimes a treat here, but more often than not the jokes around them fall flat. And when the story involves two terminally ill people, you better have some belly laughs!
Toto - the jokes did not live up to the star power in this one.
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