I'ts a Wonderful Life Rip Off

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2003)

The premise of this movie is not very unique at all. Man approaching
middle age stuck in middle management type job, not able to embrace the
great things that already exist in his life until he can get some realy
perspective.
Here we have "Bruce" who is "stuck" in a job which honestly looks pretty
damn good to me. He does the tv news, but is only given puff pieces and
really wants the "anchor job". He is dating "Grace" who is the perfect
girlfriend. Not only is she beautiful, but she teaches elementary, is
very happy with the "simple things" and is spiritually enlightened,
which is very different than Bruce who apparently hates everything about
his life and curses God for what he does not have. In walks God played
by Morgan Freeman who decides to give Bruce a crack at running the world
and see if he can do better.
At first Bruce thinks it's a trick, but then quickly realizes this IS
true and is the coolest thing ever. So now he can use Gods power to give
himself everything he ever wanted. In the end he realizes everything he
always wanted was always right there in front of him. He just could not
see or appreciate it. Ugh! The Wizard of Oz, It's a Wonderful Life do
these stories infinitely better.
Bruce Allmighty is a good vehicle for Carrey though because it lets him
use his comic talents and goofy faces.....and I laughed a few times, but
quite honestly I did not see anything special or unique about this
story. It was cliche from beginning to end. Nothing new, nothing
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