There is no God

Rating: 2/10 (4 July 2003)

High Concept bulls***, peppered with Smaltz and a ruinous injection of sentimentality from Jim Carrey and the usual suspects. A one note premise for Carrey's familiar blend of hyperactive slapstick, gurning and shouting. Basically this is the script for Liar Liar with a different conceit. Once again through the course of the story Carrey redeems himself by realising whats really important and putting others first (Its the family stupid). Ahhhhhh. We're asked (again) to feel for the woman (this time Jennifer Aniston)who fell for this immature misfit but now realises hes not interested in a mature, responsible relationship. Well I say tough. They fell for him because he made them laugh of course, after all as God reminds Carrey in a scene saturated in back slapping egomania from the star in question, Carrey makes the whole world laugh - thats his gift. Oh yeah? Well God why isn't it working on me? I'd pay him $20M just to retire.
Spending time with Jim Carrey in this kind of thing is like spending two hours in a public place with your highly embarrassing friend who insists on showing off and acting like a six year old. Your desperate to be somewhere else and during a film in which the jokes, hilarious stuff like urinating dogs and Monkeys exiting arses and so on, disappear 30 minutes before the end, I looked to the exit more than once and prayed for divine intervention - a lightning bolt hitting the projection room or something, which i'm sad to say never came. This kind of star vehicle by numbers is nothing short of the work of Satan himself and I encourage you to avoid it at all costs. Incidentally, and I don't suppose it matters, but should God necessarily be the Christian God by default in this picture? Isn't America a land of multiple faiths? Incidentally if you have faith I suggest you get on your knees tonight and pray for no more of this witless vapid sludge. If you hear the reply "Alrighty then", atheism may be the way forward.