One of Jim Carrey's most restrained yet still hilarious efforts

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2003)

Bruce Almighty (2003) Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Catherine Bell, Lisa Ann Walter, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Adair-Rios, Sally Kirkland, D: Tom Shadyac. Carrey is at his quintessential funniest as a star-crossed Buffalo TV reporter who's always complaining to God, and He comes down in human form endowing all of his celestial powers to him, seeing if he can do any better. Wild, sweet-natured comedy-fantasy is a charmer. A lot of laughs, which are hitters, steer clear of crudity (on the whole), with Jim expending his energy into every one of them. Not only for the toleration of his goofiness-and that's saying something, and Bible-thumping Christians won't find it to be sinfully irreverent. John Denver was in a similar situation in OH, GOD; George Burns played God. Running Time: 101 minutes and rated PG-13 for language, sexual content, and some crude humor. ***