Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
Directed by Rob Reiner
dying and death
friendship
husband wife relationship
himalaya mountain range
parent child relationship
brain tumor
africa
journey around the world
sense of life
safari
male friendship
wish
terminal illness
road trip
cancer
billionaire
estranged father
list
elderly
journey
bucket list
taj mahal, india
Rank
#119 in 2007·#5314 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Jack Nicholson
Edward Periman Cole
Morgan Freeman
Carter Chambers
Sean Hayes
Thomas
Beverly Todd
Virginia Chambers
Alfonso Freeman
Roger Chambers
Dawn Lewis
Flight Attendant
Rob Morrow
Dr. Hollins
Brian Copeland
Lee
Rowena King
Angelica
Verda Bridges
Chandra
Ian Anthony Dale
Instructor
Angela Gardner
Female Administrator
Crew
Rob Reiner
Director
Marc Shaiman
Original Music Composer
John Schwartzman
Director of Photography
Alan Greisman
Producer
Neil Meron
Producer
Rob Reiner
Producer
Bill Brzeski
Production Design
Steve Kelso
Stunts
Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Tony Lamberti
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Matthew W. Mungle
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Popular Reviews
642 reviews
Tiger
7.0★ · 05/25/26
Very wholesome film, amazing performance from both actor's. Very good take on someone nearing the end of their life. Ending was a tearjerker
Very wholesome film, amazing performance from both actor's. Very good take on someone nearing the end of their life. Ending was a tearjerker
Krunos
7.0★ · 05/12/26
Two superior old actors delivering a truly beautiful story. Jack Nicholson might be my new favorite actor. Because every role I have seen him play just have felt SO real.
7.3/10
Two superior old actors delivering a truly beautiful story. Jack Nicholson might be my new favorite actor. Because every role I have seen him play just have felt SO real.
7.3/10
IZTLPRO
6.0★ · 05/10/26
The emotional parts worked well but the whole bucket list thing was not great.
The emotional parts worked well but the whole bucket list thing was not great.
Joebasrawy
10.0★ · 05/08/26
I went through so many emotions watching this. Absolutely incredible. This movie has shown me that experience and feeling truly is the most important. I'm gonna go and write a bucket list now
I went through so many emotions watching this. Absolutely incredible. This movie has shown me that experience and feeling truly is the most important. I'm gonna go and write a bucket list now
