A masterpiece that will become a classic.

Rating: 10/10 (11 August 2003)

In my opinion Dumb and Dumber is Jim Carrey's funniest movie but Bruce Almighty is his best.
BA is not a pure comedy like Dumb and Dumber, one that only works because of the comedic genius of Carrey (together with a brilliant Jeff Daniels).
BA has quite a few typical Carrey scenes that indeed are very funny, but BA is more than the sum of those scenes, it is brilliantly acted, masterfully directed and the story is very clever too.
BA is a feel good movie in the tradition of Stewart/Capra, enhanced by the comedy genius Carrey in top form.
It is very good to see Carrey back in the comedy genre, even though his more dramatic movies has been very good (Truman Show) or good but easily forgotten (the rest). Comedy is what Carrey does best and he does it like no other.
The casting of Morgan Freeman was perfect. He is always good, but here he is perfect. The only pity is that he will never get a Greater role :) . Jennifer Aniston was also good and it is irrelevant that she has an easy role.
My rating is 10, according to the IMDb rating scale of course.
Finally some remarks to other reviewers: If there is a God I'm sure He/ She/the Neutrum is mighty enough to take on whatever form or color God wants, no matter descriptions of God in the Bible. In front of Bruce God may have found it best to look like Morgan Freeman, in front of you God may want to look like a pink elephant. Who knows? The answer is not in the movie. The purpose of BA is not to answer teological questions or support one religious belief in front of another. (BA is based on the monoteistic belief, but that is hardly the purpose of the movie).
The message of the movie is not, like at least one reviewer stated, the conservative thought that we should be content with our place (other than being content we are not gods). If you have to try to find messages in a comedy movie I think they will be more like this in BA: You do not have to be content with your place, but don't expect God to fix everything for you (a more radical thought, maybe BA is unsuitable material for you americans) and there might be other things than your position that are more important. But the movie is not about sending out messages, it's purpose is to entertain and it is a success.
If you are looking for symbolism, messages and such you may be better off watching another kind of movie. If you don't like Carrey, Seagal or Eastwood why do you watch their movies? Does not seem very intelligent to me.