Great concept, mediocre execution.

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2019)

The concept of this movie is great (an ordinary man becomes "god" for a week.) Unfortunately, the writers took the safe path and made a predictable, 90 minute family-friendly rom-com. Sure, there are some hilarious moments (namely the monkey scene and Steve Carell talking giberish.) But overall the humor tends to be bland and the film is very forgettable and ironically soulless.
It vainly attempts to preach some sort of vague moral which feels very out of place given the film's light hearted nature. (Bruce helps a man by pushing his broken down car to the side of the road when he could have just used his powers to fix it. What is this is trying to teach?)
The romance between the two main characters is beyond shallow and cliche. (Jeniffer Aniston' s character leaves Jim Carrey's because he was being too loud at a restaurant and didn't propose to her when she wanted him to?) Give me a break.
Jim Carrey provides his consistent ever-energetic performance, but it isn't enough to save the film from mediocrity. It's still worth a watch (if at the very least to see Jim Carrey pouring milk on some kids.) Unfortunately there isn't much to take out of this besides a few giggles here and there.