| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...Hollywood deathsploitation." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The Bucket List thinks dying of cancer is a laff riot followed by a dime-store epiphany." more... |
D |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"...this is still the kind of movie you hoped Nicholson and Freeman wouldn't make and the kind Reiner's been making for a while." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...Rob Reiner is the rare director who can take all the wonder out of one of the seven wonders of the world." more... |
C |
Filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"... a quick slide from mediocre fun-having into schlocky tear-wrangling of the worst kind ..." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"Even Nicholson and Freeman can't inject sufficient life into this terminally dull film." more... |
D |
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust |
"Freeman and Nicholson are memorable as unlikely friends despite a choppy script." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"... full of well-earned rueful humor ..." more... |
A- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"... fails its stars in fundamental ways." more... |
D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"... overly melodramatic yet life-affirming screenplay is in part redeemed by the solid performances and easy camaraderie of the two veteran stars." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
" The movie has virtues, but they're intermittent, while the problems are pervasive." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...has as much poetry and poise as its clumsy, clunky title." more... |
D |
USA Today
Claudia Pluig |
"... superficial, manipulative and schmaltzy." more... |
C- |
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