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Summary: Much more than meets the eye
Review: The first time I heard of "Bruce Almighty", I cringed in my seat. The very thought of Jim Carrey playing with the powers of God was enough to make me a little uneasy. There are very few movies of Carrey's that I would admit to liking, and I'd probably only admit to even remotely enjoying "Liar Liar" if you put a knife to my throat and refused to move it until I finally confessed. But not so with "Bruce Almighty". This is a film that, though goofy and a little rude on the surface, is really a thoughtful comedy about all the misconceptions people constantly have about God.Carrey plays Bruce Nolan, a news anchor whose career is simply not going the way he'd like. His nemesis Evan(the always funny Steve Carrell) is stealing all the glory, he's constantly late for work and, to top it all off, his dog Sam seems physically unable to go to the bathroom inside the house. Bruce is so frustrated with his life that he decides to turn his back on God, saying that he himself could clear up the mess of his life within five minutes, and that God is neglecting his job. Enter...God! Hearing Bruce's claims that the Almighty is unfit for his job, God(Morgan Freeman) willingly hands the reigns to Bruce, wishing him good luck. After a series of self-indulgences that cause serious unforseen consequences, including the loss of his girlfriend Grace(Jennifer Aniston), the only person who has ever totally supported him, Bruce finally submits himself to God's will, and learns to accept that the world does not actually revolve around him. There are several clever innovations in the film. When Bruce discovers that he cannot possibly listen to all the prayer requests coming at once (in the form of terribly obnoxious voices in his head), he creates a database where he can read prayer requests in the form of e-mails. The name of the database: Yahweh. When Bruce lassoes down the moon for Grace, a huge freak tidal wave occurs in Japan as a result of "strange lunar activity". I'd talk about more of these clever parts, but I wouldn't want to ruin the film. The DVD is loaded with neat special features, including exstensive outtakes and alternate/cut scenes, all of which are fun to watch, and a couple of which provide just a little more food-for-thought. There's even a short featurette showing alternate cut parts of Carrey's scenes. "Bruce Almighty" is sort of a diamond in the rough. Though it's advertised as a wacky, crazy comedy, and looks like your typical Carrey vehicle-lots of chances for the star to use his outrageous facial exspressions(and there's plenty of that too)-there's really quite a bit more under the surface than there seems at first, leaving us with a fun, enjoyable movie that leaves you laughing as well as thinking.
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Summary: An almighty comedy
Review: "Bruce Almighty" is the only film I paid to see twice this summer, because it's got one of the funniest scenes I've ever watched. On the DVD release, it's chapter 11(the aptly titled "Bruce's Revenge"), and it still made me laugh to the point of tears. Actually, there's a lot of good material on the DVD, including more outtakes and many deleted scenes. One scene which was cut involves Jennifer Aniston's character in the supermarket; commenting on an actress on the cover of a tabloid, she says people only care about that actress' haircut, which is a clever take on Aniston's own hairstyles over the years while starring on "Friends". One change from the theatrical version to the DVD is the scene where Bruce checks his pager to see who's contacting him. The original release of the film used a phone number which turned out to be an actual number in certain areas of the United States. It caused a bit of an uproar when people who had this number were being called relentlessly by more than a few people who'd seen the film. In the DVD release, the phone number's prefix is now the infamous "555", which is nonexistent in the real world. Jim Carrey gives one of his most likeable performances, as a down on his luck reporter who acquires the powers of the Man upstairs. Predictably, some crazy events take place, followed by the necessary turn into sentimentality, a-la "It's A Wonderful Life"( scenes from that film are actually incorporated into "Bruce Almighty"). Not entirely original, but Carrey, Aniston, and Morgan Freeman as The Man Upstairs manage to give it a fresh spin. It's a frequently funny movie and an excellent DVD with the extra material. You can't really miss with this one.
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Summary: THE FUNIEST MOVIE
Review: BRUCE ALMIGHTY IS THE GREATEST MOVIE AND JIM CARRY'S BEST MOVIE! THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT A NEWS REPORTER WHO GETS GOD'S POWERS! I RECOMEND YOU BUY THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: Jim Carrey is so cute
Review: I have been eyeing up this DVD since it came out. And now I've seen it, I want the DVD even more! Although I'm still undecided which DVD to get, as the USA cover is so much better and cuter than the UK cover. Jim Carrey is a brilliant actor, and he is so funny. I've also enjoyed watching Jim Carrey movies recently, as both Liar Liar and now Bruce Almighty have a blooper reel running behind the credits. Always makes it easier to watch the credits, rather than just switching the film off as soon as the credits start to roll. Although the extras were a bit beyond a joke on this! There were so many deleted/extended scenes, that I only got halfway through them! It's like most of the film was sliced out! The funniest moment in this film that I can remember was when all the prayers covered the place in post its. There were a few funny moments in this film, but they were few and far between, and I'm sorry to say most of them are featured in the trailer. Jennifer Aniston hasn't really attempted to do anything different than the normal characters she always plays. She'll never stretch herself and go outside the confines of the character she is most well known for now - that of Rachel Karen Green in Friends. She'll need to start choosing different scripts, if she wishes to succeed as a movie actress, and leave the ghost of Rachel behind when Friends finishes this year. Morgan Freeman is perfect at God, always appearing at the appropriate moment, to save Jim Carrey from totally destroying the world. This film is a must-see for Jim Carrey even if it is a little iffy throughout, and you so know what's going to happen.
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Summary: Good laughs
Review: I thought I had to endure 5 minutes of commercials because I rented this DVD, but I guess I won't be buying it simply for that reason and -2 stars! That said...
I think Bruce Almighty is Jim Carrey's funniest movie since Liar, Liar. His rubberface antics are hilarious, especially when he makes Steve Corell talk gibberish during a newscast. When Bruce Nolan becomes Bruce Almighty, he uses his powers mostly for his own gain but eventually learns he cannot please everybody all the time. Jennifer Aniston is pleasant enough as Bruce's girlfriend and I cried when she prayed to forget him at the end.
Truly a cute movie, worthy of 5 stars, but start the DVD 5 minutes before you will actually sit down to watch it
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Summary: clasical jim carrey. brillient
Review: This film was tippical jim carrey funny stupid and sure gennius. this is my faviorite jim carrey movie. This film also stars jennifer aniston who plays a good role as grace but takes dome of the comidy away from the film but i still rate it as one of the best films i have seen all year. EXCELLENT
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Summary: Good Marketing + Bad Movie = Success
Review: The reason I did not like the movie was because it was about selfish people. Example: he did not appreciate blood drives until he needed blood, or when they prayed to god for things they were lazy about. Also there were so many plot holes it was crazy. For example he didn't have the power to change freewill, yet he made dog go pee in the bathroom, and on Niagara Falls you could see how low budget that movie had. Compositing was so bad; you could totally see they weren't there. Like in one of the scenes sun was on the wrong side of the character as real lighting design hit his face from the opposite side. It's like there were two sun's in that movie. Also all jokes were way old and plot was so predictable. I mean I could go on for hours. I can't believe this movie made 250 million in the US alone. It just shows power of smart marketing. Those are very smart people from movie company. Whatever!
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Summary: Hilarity!
Review: Every Jim Carrey movie just enforces my love for this actor.. he is pure hilarity! I adore each and every movie of his and this one is no exception. You will erupt in laughter from start to finish as this natural puts his own special comical touch in, constantly tickling your funnybone. I chuckled when he was on the cellphone talking to his girlfriend and she says "I love you"..he responds with "blah, blah, blah..click" which was so random and something my husband and I jokingly repeat to each other since we've watched the movie. Very cute movie...we highly recommend!
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Summary: Good DVD ruined by advertisements
Review: "Bruce Almighty" is another fine effort by Jim Carrey. Anyone who enjoys his work will enjoy this movie. Unfortunately, the DVD edition starts with four minutes of movie trailers. Unlike other DVD's, this one locks out the controls on your player so that you HAVE to watch the trailers before accessing anything else on the disc. You cannot even stop the disc from playing once the trailers start, except by ejecting it. AND, this happens every time you load the disc. This is unacceptable, especially in a medium that normally allows the viewer such varied control over how a movie is presented on their screen. Because of this bone-headed decision by the DVD makers, I cannot recommend you purchase this disk. Indeed, I would encourage anyone else who has purchased this DVD to protest to Universal about this forced advertising. Anyone who pays full price for a new DVD should not have to sit through unwanted advertising to view their purchase.
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Summary: The movie is superb...but when you first put in the disc....
Review: ......you have to sit through 4 minutes of ads for other movies. There isn't even a way to get through them like on many other dvds such as pushing the skip chapter or fast forward buttons.... I was hoping that they would not pop up again after watching them once or something like that.....but nope......and I just can't get over it.....I paid for this movie......I should have the right not to be FORCED to watch 4 minutes of ads when I want to go and watch one special feature on this disc.... As for the movie.... The movie is great and very funny.....yet, it isn't funny every second as the Ace Ventura movies were.....but when it isn't funny....it's just one of those good ole fashioned fun to watch movies. The extra features are fun to watch, but I wish that the "Inside the creative mind of jim" extra feature had more "examples of the inside of his creative mind" in it.... So... It's a great movie and the extra features are fun to watch, but there are 4 extremely annoying minutes that you have to sit through every time before the menu pops up, but that should not stop you from buying this movie at all.
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