Coincidentally, both men are stricken with illnesses and end up in the hospital. Tests prove that they are both battling cancer. Both are admitted to the Oncology centers of Cole's hospital. Seeing a poor black man in his room, Nicholson is furious and demands a private room, only to be reminded that it was his own policy that no one get a private room and that it would be a public relations disaster to do otherwise. So now these 2 guys are stuck with each other.Nicholson sits there all pissed off most of the time while Freeman, though not formally educated, does very intellectual things like make a bucket list of things he wished he could do before he dies. Over time, the 2 start getting along, though only cordially. Nicholson eventually gets the list and being a cocky old bastard decides that the 2 of them are going to start doing the things on the list.
The 2 break out of the hospital and start doing the things on their list - such as playing casino in Monte Carlo and race cars at a race track. Freeman's wife is getting hysterical about her husbands antics and their relationship is on the rocks.
Eventually, one of them is stricken and gets ill really fast and eventually dies. The other then decides to finish the list and do something that he should have done a long time ago. I will have to admit - when the last thing on the list is accomplished it is a very poignant moment and I got a lump in my throat - because I'm smart and I got it. You have to remember what that item was because they didn't quite come back and remind you what it was.
This movie is rated PG-13 because of Jack Nicholson's glasses that he wore in the hospital. Oh, and some language and dirty old men sexual references. The Bucket List is just over an hour and a half long. I did like it, but overall, the movie didn't send me over the edge of appreciation. I give The Bucket List 3 stars. It's definitely a movie that you can see with a lady-friend. You'll get the crude humor, she'll get the love and drama.
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