An important movie to watch

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2006)

The first time I saw this, tears were streaming down my face from laughter. Jim Carrey delivers a hilarious performance, as always, and I believe that this is important for everyone to watch because there's a message in it. Bruce is basically a guy who thinks God is pathetic at ruling the universe. So one day, God comes along with a challenge for Bruce: He will give Bruce all of His almighty powers for Bruce to use any way he wants. Sounds pretty sweet, huh? Pretty simple? So does Bruce. As Bruce gets used to his new powers, things get much better in Bruce's life. He gets back at his backstabbing co-worker, trains his dog to use the toilet, and becomes the greatest reporter in the country. Things are great for Bruce, sounds like? Finally God tells him to answer all of the prayers people are sending him. To save time, Bruce says YES to all of them. That's when things begin to fall apart.
The message this movie has for the world is that we underestimate God. We're constantly thinking of what a terrible job God is doing controlling our lives, but if we look deeper, we'll see that every link is connected to another link, and if one link breaks, the entire chain comes tumbling down. God makes our lives the way they are for a reason, and no matter how many times we think that God is not exactly doing a bang-up job, He knows what He's doing, and if we were to fix it, everything would get much worse. See this movie.