"B-e-a-utiful!"

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2003)

Even though I didn't think that this was the best Jim Carrey film, it's one of his better one's since "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". For a comedy, this gets it's even amount of laughs and fun for a watch with friends or family. I just loved Morgan Freeman playing God, he was just hilarious and perfect for the role, him and Jim did terrific together.
Bruce is a man who isn't having much luck in life. When his girlfriend tells him just to keep faith and pray, he has his doubts and just thinks God is a phony who can't pull it together for his people. He gets a mysterious message telling him to call God, when he denies the response, God just gets his butt over to him. He tells Bruce that he's upset at his mockery of doubting his power and ability to help people. So, he decides to teach Bruce a lesson, by letting him be God for a few days and see if he can do the job. Sounds great, right? He's having better sex, better luck in traffic, better work, just a good life in general... until, he hears the prayers by other's. "Please, let me die" "I want to win the lottery" "Please make my life better" "Please" "Please", it goes on and on. Bruce figures to make it easy and just says "yes" to all the prayers, unfortunately, everyone then wins the lottery and gets job promotions leading to riots because there isn't enough. He tries to organize his prayers, but just can't do it. When he finally realizes that he can't solve everyone's problems and knows that God can't get to everyone in time.
With some fun humor and a great cast, I think any Jim Carrey fan will enjoy this. It's a fun movie and just a nice drama. So, go ahead and just have a good time with the movie, who knows what more Jim Carrey has to offer?
8/10