Enjoyable Carrey romp

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2006)

Bruce Almighty is exactly what you would expect from a Jim Carrey movie.Silly. It builds itself around Carrey and his arsenal of stupid expressions with the occasional laugh out loud joke and the occasional awful one. Carrey plays Bruce a news reporter who thinks God has a personal vendetta against him. However after all Bruces whining God, who is expertly played by Morgan Freeman has had enough. He grants Bruce all his powers for a period of time so Bruce can correct all the wrongs he "thinks" are in the world. The supporting cast throughout the film is a mixed bag with Steve Carrell on awesome form as Bruces enemy at the work place, but Jennifer Aniston is not convincing as Bruces long time suffering girlfriend. As for Carrey himself well he plays the same role he always does, that of the flawed but lovable goon. He is effective but if Carrey isn't careful he will kill that character and that could seriously effect his future in the industry. The jokes keep a smile on your face and make the experience of watching the film enjoyable, but there just simply aren't enough gut busters in the script to keep this film long in your memory. To conclude Bruce Almighty is a decent film, but not one worthy of purchasing on DVD are making a sequel to.