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(1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 35% Rotten Page   1   "Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson work their usual acting magic in The Bucket List, making it more entertaining than I expected."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker C+ "Those looking for a romp in the daisies should be advised that Bucket List isn't going to provide much in the laugh department. If you've seen director Rob Reiner's work in recent years, this shouldn't come as much of a surprise."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf 2/5 "as though the filmmakers were trying to cram the worst of Hollywood into one picture"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti "As they cross off items on the bucket list, the men understand each other, their women watch them understand each other, and the rest of us wait for it to be over."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "Nicholson and Freeman are a dynamite onscreen team, the power of their characters' friendship lending appropriate weight and gravitas to the proceedings."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Una comedia menor, sensible y muy disfrutable, que descansa sobre el histrionismo de dos grandes actores como Jack Nicholson y Morgan Freeman."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C- "Reiner cannot reconcile the wildly different tones of the movie: buffoonish comedy one minute, treacly life-and-death melodrama the next."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider .5/4 "Rob Reiner's films have always aimed for a heartwarming effect and more frequently resulted in heartworm."   Slant Magazine   Eric Henderson 0/4 "Justin Zackham's screenplay should be the first to be banned from writing classes everywhere let alone hospitals and support groups."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "Contrives the sappiest plot scenario imaginable and proceeds to ornament it with obscene hysterics."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3.5/4 "Is never as trite and cliché as it could be, instead it intends on being a genuine character study focusing on two unfulfilled men who tend to balance each other out..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. C- "The sap flows freely in this geezer tearjerker...unless you're a sucker for...sentimental twaddle...you should cross The Bucket List off yours."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A delightful comedy about two dying men who travel the world to discover the joy in their lives."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Frank Capra would have been at home here."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1/4 "Even the one-two punch of A-list heavyweights Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman can't save this terminal tearjerker from itself."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 3/10 "It's like a cross between My Name Is Earl and The Amazing Race, only with two guys dying from cancer. And without the soul, heart, or brains."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "You get the performances you expect from these two great stars, which lift this story mercifully but marginally above its meager content."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards B- "Nicholson and Freeman help relieve the pain of cavities caused by sugary sentiment while Sean Hayes plays Smithers to Nicholson's Burns."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 1/4 "Crises are weathered and lessons are learned en route to a painfully predictable conclusion."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C+ "Although The Bucket List shouldn't sit well on the stomach, it goes down as easily as meals through an IV."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "Freeman and Nicholson are gracefully charismatic, more enthralling than either of them has ever been onscreen..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/5 "Thinking about taking a road trip with Nicholson and Freeman sounds like the best thing ever. Perhaps it would have been in a more serious, less light-hearted film."   Bronsonfive   Michael Ferraro 1.5/4 "The Bucket List doesn't want to be about reality. Instead, it's about a fantasy version of illness and death, in which those things have no repercussions except to sanctify the dying."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "Dying just seems an excuse for a geriatric, spend-it-all Spring Break."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/5 "The Bucket List is further proof that even our most critically lauded thespians are eminently capable of churning out garbage."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 1/5 "A God-awful film that seems to suggest that terminal cancer can be a blast as long as you have access to billions of dollars, a green-screen machine and a philosophical narrator offering homespun bits of wisdom at every turn."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "Despite a somewhat simplistic view of life ... an engaging examination of two men looking back at their lives without pity or regret."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "An entertaining tear jerker of a story about two old men facing the end of two very different lives."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "It is nice to be pleasantly surprised when you see a film that exceeds your expectations."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford D "The most insipidly innocuous film ever made about facing mortality and living it up before passing away, The Bucket List has as much poetry and poise as its clumsy, clunky title."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "The message of The Bucket List is that we should stop and smell the roses, count our blessings, hug someone we love, before it's too late. That's an audacious demand, coming from a movie that squeezes the life force right out of you."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 9/10 "A heartfelt, wickedly funny, one-of-a-kind holiday treat...Nicholson's and Freeman's tandem performances are near to perfection."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 5/10 "Considering Rob Reiner's output lately, it's tempting to call the film a triumph, if only on the grounds that it's not awful. The problem is that it isn't any good either,"   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 35% Rotten Page   1