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MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2613
- IMDb #1421
- Google retired #407
- Rotten Tomatoes #3205
- Metacritic #3646
- Letterboxd #2652
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4278
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1904
- Metacritic Critics #4099
- Metacritic Audience #2505
- Criticker #1987
- Douban #168
- Kinopoisk #227
- AlloCiné #2112
- Trakt #1259
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 40, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 41, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two terminally ill men from very different backgrounds meet in a cancer ward. Despite their differences, they bond and decide to escape the hospital. They create a "bucket list" of things to do before they die and embark on a global adventure, skydiving, driving race cars, and visiting the pyramids, all while reflecting on their lives and what truly matters.
Details
- Director
- Rob Reiner
- Writer
- Justin Zackham
- Released
- 25 December 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $45.0M
- Box office
- $175.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Grammy Awards 2009 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | John Mayer for " Say " | Nominee |
| Japan Academy Film Prize 2009 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | The Bucket List | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 | Best Movie for Grownups | The Bucket List | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 | Best Buddy Picture | The Bucket List | Winner |
| Golden Reel Awards 2008 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film | The Bucket List | Nominee |
| National Board of Review Awards 2008 | Top Ten Films | The Bucket List | Winner |
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| Best Buddy Picture | The Bucket List | Winner |
| Best Movie for Grownups | The Bucket List | Nominee |
| Top Ten Films | The Bucket List | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film | The Bucket List | Nominee |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | The Bucket List | Nominee |