Movie Review for Bruce Almighty (2003)

Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston
Rated: PG-13
Runs: 101 min

You can never underestimate Jim Carrey and the way he has with his extended jaw. (Remember?: "Goood") His role as a Buffalo, NY newscaster by the name of Bruce Nolan (Carrey) who desperately wants the anchor seat, and who ultimately calls on God to help him, is utterly hilarious. Of course, it might have the devout squirming in their seats (I had a few fits of my own) but it was really well constructed. It just reinforced some stereotypes like dressing all white to symbolise God, and walking on water and dividing tomato soup like the Red Sea (how fitting, red), I guess. It also went back on the almost clichéd moral about how things in life are the best when you don't want more than you already have. The most hilarious part for me was when Nolan, endowed with his diving powers, takes revenge on Evan, a rival anchor with whom he had been competing for the seat of live news coverage. Evan, who appears on the news, suddenly breaks out, in his serious attire and coiffeured hair, talking about utter jibberish about poo and "I like-a da cha cha cha". The twist on Yahoo (into Yahweh) was comical, as well as the fact that the phone number that is shown on Bruce's pager (776-2323) actually is the phone number of Turner's Chapel Church in Sanford, N.C. whose pastor is actually named Bruce (MacInnes). I'll give it a good 7 out of 10 (Changing the ranking system), because Jim Carrey still has a lot of skill and goofeyness, and because the movie, like most others, has something to teach us all. Click here for a Christian perspective on the almighty Bruce and his movie.

Written on Sunday, September 19 at 10:58 PM