Comedy With Sort of a Point

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2005)

(Possible Spoilers)
Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is an upbeat news reporter for channel 5 in Buffalo. Everything, however, seems to be ruining his life. He's denied the anchor position, his girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston) is angry with him, and the next thing you now he's been fired. Soon, however, he starts to get paged and after awhile he calls the number.
God (Morgan Freeman) meets Bruce in an empty building and after a hilarious sequence of 'how many fingers I'm holding up' Bruce receives God's powers. The movie becomes side-splitting funny after this point and continues on until a very strange yet important ending in which the city riots over four hundred thousand lottery tickets that are all the winning ticket.
Carrey brings out a hilarious character in Bruce and Aniston perfect for the role of Grace. The message some may overlook that (if you believe in God or any creator) that it's not always the creators fault and job to make us happy. It is our responsibility.
The acting is fine in the movie. The sequences of Carrey news reporting are ingenious. The movie (in my opinion) is Carrey's best since The Truman Show (1998) and Aniston is actually acting in this film (suprising!).
Bruce Almighty. Starring: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, and Philip Baker Hall. 3 1/2 out of 5 Stars.