Along the days, they become close to each other and when Edward finds in the garbage the bucket list that Carter had prepared, listing all he wanted to do before dying, he includes his own items and invites Carter to a journey of friendship, discoveries and redemption.

Following the policy of Edward, his hospital makes no exception giving a private room to him and he shares the same room as Carter. The caustic and bitter billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) owns many hospitals, has many divorces and one missing daughter.

The quiet mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) is a man with a great general culture has been married for forty-five years with his beloved wife Virginia (Beverly Todd) and has two sons � one lawyer the other engineer � and a violinist daughter.