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Summary: Really funny!
Review: Really funny,Jim carrey at his best.There is also a good lesson in the movie. Defenetly a good choice for a DVD. I own it and ive seen it 10 times its still funny. Very funny special features and a great cast!
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Summary: Moments of full belly laughs, and the rest is amusing
Review: All in all, this is a funny, entertaining film that showcases its cast's talent well. While there is little actual substance here, and we can all guess the story's twists and turns well ahead of time, part of the fun is that we know the story and we know the likely outcome, but Jim Carrey takes us on the journey and we're never quite sure which particular road he's going to take to get us there.Naturally, Bruce undergoes a spiritual and emotional journey throughout the film - it's somewhat cliche, but it works here. Jim Carrey is absolutely hysterical - he was built from the ground up for wild and wicked comedic roles, and his facial expression and over-the-top physical comedy stunts are fantastic. Morgan Freeman's God is warm, comforting, fatherly, witty, humorous and generally wonderful in ways only Morgan Freeman can be. Jennifer Aniston is her usual adorable self, and does a good job as Grace. "Bruce Almighty" centers around, strangely enough, a fellow named "Bruce." Bruce cannot catch a break to save his life - despite working hard as the "fluff" reporter for the local evening news program (covering the local bakery or cutesy-poo stories,) when it comes time to select a new anchor person, he is passed over for an obnoxious, smarmy desk jockey. This, as far as Bruce is concerned, is the last straw between himself and God - he rants and rails at God, demanding an explanation. When God begins to manifest himself to Bruce, Bruce has no clue what's going on, and ignores him. At last, God (played so very well by Morgan Freeman) manages to get his attention, and Bruce is bestowed with all of God's powers - since Bruce is so convinced he could run things better, God gives him that chance. Bruce's nature, however, is not to help people - at least not initially. At first, he's pretty darned wicked and entranced by his own powers. Hilarity ensues, of course, and one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed in a movie occurs when Bruce takes his vengeance upon aforementioned smarmy anchorman. Soon, however, Bruce realizes that he's in waaaayyyy over his head, after his girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston) leaves him, the city of Buffalo riots, prayer emails come in on the order of millions per hour and things generally don't go as planned, so God makes several appearances to help steer him in the right direction. Once the floor is all mopped up, so to speak, and things settle down, Bruce realizes (of course) that being God is difficult work, indeed, and best left to the professional. The DVD extras are entertaining, showing "The Process of Jim," which gives us a sneak peek into how Jim gets a scene the way he wants it, ad-libbing all over the place, doing impromptu comedy with bakery implements, cracking up the cast and crew - very good stuff. The outtakes and deleted scenes are also very funny and interesting, and include director commentary that one can turn off and on. I recommend this highly to any Jim Carrey fan, and in general to anyone looking for a little mindless fluff comedy to pass a couple of hours.
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Summary: God answers every prayer ...
Review: and a lot of times the answer is "no". But there is always a good reason for it -- and you no doubt benefit from why! That is precisely the information Bruce Nolan DOESN'T have when he laments all the bad things that happen to him -- being passed over for promotion, getting beat up by thugs, dog peeing on chair, etc. Instead of appreciating the good things he does have -- including Grace, his long-suffering, often-ignored girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston), Bruce just is mad at God. God summons Bruce and lets him have His powers for a week. Bruce is ecstatic once he realizes this and is a vengeful God. Till his tinkering with nature sets off disasters in other parts of the world, and the voices in his head aka prayers become overwhelming. Bruce doesn't really know how to handle it so he handles it badly. very very badly indeed. This is a funny movie, although not the best use of Aniston. Jim Carrey's rubber face and deadpan timing is pure genius as he vies to be the top broadcast journalist in Buffalo through almost everything but actual work. It's a very good movie indeed!
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Summary: An Entertaining, Funny Film With A Message
Review: Jim Carrey can truly be considered one of the great phyiscal comedians of this generation, and maybe of all time. His earlier films have demonstrated his skill to be funny, at times being ridiculous, even outright bizarre, but they have also demonstrated his immense ability to put comedy on the shelf and rely on his abilities as a "serious" actor. "Bruce Almighty" takes whats best about Jim Carrey and blends them together into a comedy that is much more than just stupid humor.<. This is comedy at its best. Not as crazy as some of Carrey's earlier work, it is nonetheless a great film and a lot of fun, with enough of Carrey's classic style of humor to keep his devout fans entertained and to keep all audiences engaged from beginning to end. -Scott Kolecki
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Summary: Oh God Book 3, the Laugh Out Loud adventure
Review: This mostly family friendly movie is the funniest God movie yet that also works as a pro - God story. I'll say it blountly, some God-themed movies are vehicles to tweak or belittle those who believe in God. This one isn't. And coming at a time when believers and everything religious is under assault, this movie just made me feel good all over. There are similarities to the old Oh God movies, but real differences. This time we have God give his powers to a self centered me me me type of guy Bruce Nolan played by Jim Carrey. Bruce is a funny guy who is in the perfect job for his unique abilities to inform and entertain, but who hates his life, and blames God. So God basically says - You think you can do better.. here, have my powers and you be God! There is one bit in the middle of the movie where Bruce manipulates his rival into acting like an idiot on air. The bit is amazingly well done by the actor Steven Carell. I never heard of this actor and will be curious to see if his career goes anywhere based on this performance. Jim Carrey is perfect in his role and he makes almost every scene fun to watch. Morgan Freeman is perfect as God with a sense of humor. Jennifer aniston is good as the cute and cudely girl friend. Catherine Bell is a WOW as the darkly seductive Co-Anchor. I can't give it 5 stars because it was not a Great movie, but it is better than average .....it is family friendly, sort of. All my children (ages 7 to 27) liked it. ....
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Summary: a very funny movie,,..but not the best jim carrey movie
Review: This is a funny movie, but like I said, not the funniest. It's still good though. I still can't believe Ebert and Roeper gave this 2 thumbs up. It's great usually they hate Jim Carrey, (his movies anyways), it was really a shocker. But anyways this movie is still funny anyways. This movie has smarts, love, and I guess everything else except horror. The special features are good ok too. The deleted scenes are that the news reporter hair got on fire, you know the guy he made his mouth move allot to lose his job. This DVDs are pretty good.
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Summary: They call this comedy, I call it pathic...
Review: Forgot what the other reviewers say. Jim Carry is not funny. The jokes are tasteless, the music is bad, Jennifer Anison is also bad, and I wonder why a good actor like Morgan Freeman is in garbage films like this.
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Summary: HE'S GOT THE POWER!!!!
Review: I have to be honest, as a child, I used to love films with Jim Carey, but after I hit 12, I hated them. I found them cheesy and predictable, so I'm sure you can understand why I was quite skeptical about watching Bruce Almighty. But it was well worth the risk.
This is a very entertaining film that opens just as any other Jim Carey type of movie, but turns into more than that. The film is funny, enthralling, but the light drama about self-discovery, faith and prayer is what stands out above all. The film was directed by veteran comedy filmmaker Tom Shadyac, who also directed Carey in Ace Ventura (a film which I hated immensely); Pet Detective and Liar, Liar. In addition to Carey, the whole cast is solid with Morgan Freeman as God and Jennifer Aniston as Bruce's dedicated girlfriend.
Carey plays television reporter Bruce Nolan, who is always looking to make it to the big top as Buffalo, New York's nightly anchorman. However, Bruce is always stuck with side stories that he enjoys doing, but wants more. He is continually supported by his sweet school teacher girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston), who just wants happiness. As the film opens, one bad thing after another happens to Bruce including losing his job, and he blames God for picking on him.
The next thing he knows is he is summoned and encounter by God (Morgan Freeman), who endows Bruce with all of his powers, since he believes he can do better. With the powers, Bruce walks on water, gets a flashy car, and makes his dog use the toilet among other things. However, when things get out of hand due to his self-indulging choices of his new powers, instead of helping others, he turns back to God for answers.
Bruce Almighty is a light comedy with the force of Jim Carrey that is better than what it first perceives to be.
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Summary: Hilarious; as well as moving
Review: This movie is about a man who feels god is ignoring him. Nothing is going his way, and he blames god for the problems he is experiencing. Unexpectadly, god gives him all his powers, and Bruce (Jim Carrey) uses them to perfect his own life. Along this journey Bruce learns not only think about himself, and to pay attention to the small wonders of life.
Overall a great story that has meaning to it as well as laughter. Two thumbs up!
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: I'm not a big fan of Jim Carrey, but my oh my am I glad I got this movie! As a Christian, I was concerned at first that this movie might be a little too irreverent or border-line blasphemous, but the message was spot-on perfect. In addition to having a great message, the movie was flat-out hilarious. At one point in the movie I laughed so hard I was crying...thank you, Steven Carell, for upstaging Jim Carrey! I gave this gift to 4 people on my Christmas list this year, and they all loved it too. A true "must-have."
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