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Bruce Almighty is one of those films that is very clever, very silly and very entertaining. It was a silly story, yes, but I just loved the characters and the story in general. Bruce Almighty is a film that some people would watch in religious studies either at high school, college or university. I watched it about 3 times when I was at high school and I still really like it. This film had a lot of slapstick and very funny jokes especially what Bruce does when he earns God's powers. My favourite scene and funniest scene in the whole film has to be where Evan Baxter is on live TV and Bruce sort of possesses him to do humiliating things like a squeaky voice, speaking gibberish and farting. To me, this is a really good example for studying religions and about God.
Jim Carrey was bloody hilarious as Bruce Nolan. Bruce is just an ordinary guy who works for TV and lives with his girlfriend Grace and pet dog Sam. Things in life go uneasy for Bruce because he gets very stressed out with his job and is "unfairly treated" and "ignored" by God and yells at the sky. Things change for Bruce when he meets God himself. When you see Bruce you will discover that he is a typical Jim Carrey character. Bruce is a rather serious character as well as a hilarious idiot. He is hilarious when he is God and when he isn't God because it's Jim Carrey and he is always funny. Morgan Freeman was good as God. Some people have said to me "Why is a black actor playing a black God?" Basically racism against Morgan. This is the question: "Who knows who or what God is?" We don't know so some people can't really comment about that. Jennifer Aniston was good but didn't quite bring and comedy into the relationship she has with Bruce. Jennifer has always made me laugh in the films she has been in the past such as Along Came Polly but I couldn't feel and comedy or very much emotion coming out of her very much. Steve Carell was really hilarious in that one scene involving the TV.
Tom Shadyac directs this film really well. He made it a lot like a story with some drama but mostly with hilarious moments and rather crude jokes. It was directed like it was very typical of Jim Carrey as I have already said. The script was good for just family fun and entertainment. It was written like it was made for young kids except when Bruce says "f***ers" on live TV.
Bruce Almighty is one of Jim Carrey's top films. I love The Grinch, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events just as much. It isn't one of the top Morgan Freeman or Jennifer Aniston films though. It is one of my favourite films that are just for entertainment but not one of my favourite films of all time.
8/10
