A really well written piece that conveys some important messages, and very funny

Rating: 9/10 (23 February 2010)

I like some of Tom Shadyac's previous work, I loved The Nutty Professor and Liar Liar, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was enjoyable. Of course Even Almighty, which followed this film was no-where near as good as any of these. Jim Carrey is one of my favourite actors, but Bruce Almighty sees him in one of his finest roles. I always maintained that he is a fine actor, verging on the genius (especially in comic-value). Morgan Freeman was also brilliant to watch in this, he was the wise Lord of all, with a sense of humour. Together with these terrific performances is a really well written script which not only has some really prominent things to say about religion and faith, but also about relationships and about ourselves. At the end of the day the film is very humbling, especially as we see Carrey's character develop. Jennifer Aniston normally annoys me, but I feel she gives a good performance in this, Steve Carell can also be annoying, but it fits his character here. And the thing that amazes me most is that it gets the balance perfectly- it still manages to get all its points across whilst still being very, very funny.