I had heard the poor critic response but I am a big Morgan Freeman / Jack fan and was going to watch regardless. It wasn't overly disappointing but far too placating to the general public whims/desires to be taken seriously. The performances are, expectantly, almost the entire film's value. So, why are we reviewing this? Well, it's on DVD and I watched it. 

I was sent this by Warner and it comes in a standard case with no markings of being a 'screener only' so we can assume this is how the finished product will be offered. This is a dual-sided, single-layered disc with the widescreen on one side and full screen format on the opposing. As far as single-layering goes this looks quite acceptable. It has some softness/noise and the image is rather thin overall but it is certainly 'watchable' in this pragmatic form.

Audio is competent but unremarkable with a wasted surround offering. There are French and Spanish DUBs and subtitles available in those and English.

Supplements include a fairly lackluster Writing a Bucket List featurette with the screenwriter and input from others. There is a music video of the song from the film and some untested PC-DVD-ROM extras. No director commentary as I'm sure Reiner wanted to divorce himself from most of the proceedings.

I'm pretty boggled why this is also being offered in Blu-ray as the film doesn't support many dramatic visuals but go figure...  It's not as horrendous as many have made out (voted one of the worst of the year) but it has a pretty narrow audience. My sister had a 'Bucket List' party where those invited create your own and share it with others. So, if nothing else, it has created some social mainstream awareness of your mortality. As for this DVD - it's pricey for what you are getting. I'm suggesting you can do better with your $ and, hence, I'd have to give this a thumbs-down.

Gary W. Tooze