Glad it wasn't me with the power

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2003)

Occasionally, I've been known to utter things like "If I were in charge," and I must admit the idea of power is appealing I will equally admit that I am not capable of handling such powers as Bruce is given in this movie. We're all very fortunate that it wasn't me.
That being said, we could have done worse than have God imbue Bruce with omnipotence. Naturally, with Carrey, hilarity ensues. But there is a great, and important, message in "Bruce Almighty," that being: be content and nobody (even God) is out to "get you." The idea that God would give such power to a mortal as a "lesson" is great, and mankind not being to worldly the sort of messed up things that happen are pretty plausible--even if it is a comedy.
I don't see this as an attack on beliefs, and I don't see this as your average Jim Carrey movie either; it's a little bit more than that. And that makes it more worthy of viewing than any other Jim Carrey movie to date. Sufficiently so that I believe I can say this might be his best work (even more so than The Truman Show.)
Solid "6" out of "10." There's a good story and it's pretty funny too. Check it out.