A Heavenly Comedy!

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2018)

I first watched this when I was 8, which surprised me since it was PG-13 and my parents restricted many movies from me for religious reasons.(Witchcraft, nudity, language, etc.-some of those are fair but others seem far fetched.)
Anyways, I'm 20 now and this movie is even more enjoyable. Part of that is understanding adult jokes that originally went over my head. I'll get back to that.
Jim Carrey plays Bruce Nolan, a news reporter who is mad at God. And why not? He lost his job, gets beaten up by a gang, and is seen as less superior to a co-anchor. Well, God(ironically played by atheist-agnostic Morgan Freeman) comes to him and gives Bruce his powers for a week to see if he can do a better job.
This-at first-seems great. Now to deal with his problems or have fun, he can lift a woman's skirt, part red soup(in reference to Moses), lasso the moon(in reference to It's a Wonderful Life), view prayers on a computer file, make his girlfriend have an intense orgasm, and much more. (I don't want to spoil for you what he does with a monkey.)
But then Bruce gets a taste of how hard being our Maker is. Maybe being a human isn't so bad.
I mentioned that there were adult jokes. If I did not get them when I was 8, your kid probably won't either. I recommend kids around there and up to see this. (If they don't know the F word-there's one use to watch out for).
One joke that used to go over my head is when Steve Carrell's character Evan annoys Bruce, so he says, "Do you like Jazz, Evan? Let me play some for you." He makes sounds and twiddles his fingers like an instrument, and raises his middle finger when he holds a note. As a kid, I was like "Why are the others in the room laughing?" Now I laugh at that as well.
Theist or not, Bruce Almighty is a very comedic and fun movie that really is heavenly. There's a lot of laughs- and a wonderful theological message along with them.