Wow! Jim Carrey's best.

Rating: 8/10 (25 May 2003)

This is a very difficult movie to pin down. Odds are you've seen the trailers so you have a basic idea already, so I'm not really going to describe the plot.
Bruce Almighty is a funny story, but it is not devoid of drama and emotional impact. It really is a better balanced movie than anything he's done so far.
This movie takes a share of the craziness of the original Ace Ventura, adds a bit of The Mask's over-the-top physical jokes, slides in the an approachable, lovable everyman like we saw in The Truman Show, and adds (at last!) a mature romance. The result is somehow much more than the sum of the parts, and is fresh despite the influences of previous movies. Unless you need a high dosage of ass-talking or toilet humor in a Carrey movie, I think you'll find that this is him at his best. Something I really don't think we've seen before.
I really hope this is a sign of good things to come from him.