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Created May 23, 2008 03:39PM PST • Edited Jul 05, 2009 02:41PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Pretty Bad 1.5

   “Cutesy,” Jack Nicholson’s curmudgeonly character observes about the term “Bucket List.” The same can be said about this movie, hardly an endorsement other than for those seeking uplifting fare about dealing with cancer. Die hard Nicholson and Morgan Freeman fans might also enjoy it, since two all-time-great actors can redeem any movie, almost.

4. Acting

   Good 3.0

   Nicholson and Freeman together had to be the MO that got the film green lighted in Hollywood.

   Sean Hayes, so distinctive and lively in “Will & Grace,” almost fails to register here. What a waste.

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars OK 2.5

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars OK 2.5

10. Film

    Pretty Bad 1.5

11. Direction Barely OK 2.0

12. Play Bad 1.0

13. Music Bad 1.0

14. Visuals Barely OK 2.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.3

17. Sex Titillating 1.6

18. Violence Gentle 1.0

19. Rudeness Polite 1.2

21. Reality

    Glib 1.1

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.2

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0