homeWelcome, sign in or click here to subscribe.login
     


 

 

Weekend





Subscriber content preview

January 11, 2008

At the Movies: 'Bucket List' a contrived, feel-good movie about death

By DAVID GERMAIN
Associated Press

Facing terminal illness, we all should get to experience a no-costs-barred world tour to do everything we ever wanted.

THE BUCKET LIST

Director: Rob Reiner

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Beverly Todd

Rating: PG-13 for language, including a sexual reference

Running time: 97 minutes
Most of us don't have the convenient bottomless wallet that allows Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman to do just that in “The Bucket List,” a comic drama that puts director Rob Reiner back in commercial — if not artistic — form.


 
. . .


To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.



Previous columns:



Email or user name:
Password:
 
Forgot password? Click here.