WARNING: a scathing review follows, proceed with caution! well i saw the bucket list and was, to say the least, thoroughly dissapointed. the film attempted to capture some aspects of the film the odd couple - if the script were pureed into a sludge, fed to the portly, hog-like rob reiner and crapped into the fires of hell. well, ok, its not that bad, but it aint that good either. like most other films that hollywood produces, this one strives for mediocrity, which is about the only thing it delivers. the formula for the film was utterly predictable and attempts to combine elements of every other poorly written hollywood tearjerker in with some cheesey feel good moments - this is the kind stuff that should ONLY be shown at retirement homes after saturday afternoon bingo in which the people watching wont even realize the pain thats being inflicted unto them. like most other poor movies, you really only need to see the 30 second trailer on television to see the movie (which i recall one ad quoting a critic as saying "give nicholson and freeman the oscar now!"). despite the fact that the film was hollow and devoid of any REAL substance, there were some scattered moments that made this film somewhat redeemable, the main one being (of course) jack's billiant acting. freeman's acting was stellar, but in the end was static and only conjuured up memories of his past acting glories (as well as borrowing HEAVILY from his character in shawshank redemption). unfortunately, in the end not even the acting could save this one, which is why an oscar wont be on the horizon for either of the stars in this flick. sorry fellas, but this kind of fluff is best left IN the bucket - or a dumpster (and it sure as hell wont wind up on anybody's bucket list of films to see, either).
p.s. i am, however, looking forward to hearing some of the clips played in the calls
and the "hallelujah brother!" clip was already used in one of the xmas calls.
