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Jan 10, 2008 · “The Bucket List” thinks dying of cancer is a laff riot followed by a dime-store epiphany. The sole redeeming merit of the film is the steady work by Morgan Freeman, who has appeared in more than one embarrassing movie, but never embarrassed himself.
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert, who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002 and whose lower jaw was removed in 2006, criticized the film's portrayal of cancer sufferers, writing in his one-star review that The Bucket List "...thinks dying of cancer is a laff riot followed by a dime-store epiphany."
"The Bucket List" thinks dying of cancer is a laff riot followed by a dime-store epiphany.
Mar 6, 2024 · Starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, The Bucket List is a film about two terminally ill men who escape their cancer ward to fulfil their final plans before they die, or, more topically,...
- Sarah-Louise Kelly
Feb 11, 2008 · If anyone can laugh convincingly in the face of death it's Jack Nicholson fronting The Bucket List as a corporate bigwig whose horizons are suddenly narrowed by terminal illness.
Jan 10, 2022 · Death and the bucket list. According to Hefferon and Boniwell (2011, p. 138), bucket lists are ‘done under the assumption that there is a race against death. This could be a death that is imminent or a ‘to do-list’ before you die. Either way, there is an implicit challenge against time and mortality’.
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Roger Ebert, who had thyroid cancer, criticized the film's portrayal of cancer sufferers, writing in his one-star review that The Bucket List "...thinks dying of cancer is a laff riot followed by a dime-store epiphany."
