Flawed, average movie...

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2003)

Jim carey's back to his usual acting styles, only I think we have had enough, sorry Jim - he simply overacts and overreacts. The beautiful Jennifer on the other hand has been deprived of a more expanded and decent role due her.
If this is about god, I do think the movie should be packed with more stunning effects and visuals. This is the time where graphics is unduly needed and unfortunately that just doesn't obtain here. The intended melodrama does not make up for this shortcoming either. Furthermore, instead of encouraging uplifting thoughts about god, it somehow infact degraded the spirit... suddenly portraying god to be having a hard time too in terms of his job (despite omnipotence and omnipresence) thereby reducing him to nothing more than a human being with supernatural powers.
Bestowed with god-powers, it is simply very unlikely that Bruce just did what he did. I mean, it's not the predictable course of action any person might take when bestowed with god-powers. Simply, non-intuitive. While this movie at first glance seems largely a comedy film, it is not. Buried within and between the dialogues is the unmistaken pursuit of trying to squeeze tears from our eyes and worst, attempting to impart (teach!) a moral lesson. This happens in the last 1/4 of the film and it just becomes forced "ear-candy" bordering on mawkish sentimentality. Crap.
This movie falters on the logical and collapses on its own premises and ambitions. A 2/4 for poor. Not recommended except if you liked Patch Adams too.