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THE comfortable pairing of Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman reminds me of another film about senior citizens, Grumpy Old Men (1993), in which Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are long-feuding neighbours and rivals in love.

Directed by Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally), The Bucket List is somewhat darker, though he does apply some sugar-coating to the morbid subject.

A billionaire (Nicholson) and a mechanic (Freeman) become friends after sharing a hospital room. Realising that their illnesses are terminal, they decide to fulfil their list of unfinished dreams before they, in a manner of speaking, kick the bucket.

So begins their road trip which takes in views of the Pyramids, the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China, with a few wrongs set right along the way. Nicholson basically plays himself (I suspect that's what some movie-goers pay money to watch) and Freeman is dignified in his role, as always.

While the film is mildly amusing and has its tender moments, it's a little too deliberately well-intentioned, especially when it starts dispensing maxims about friendship, love, life and dying.

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