Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
Bruce Nolan is a local Eyewitness News TV reporter in Buffalo, New York, best known for doing human-interest stories--which makes everyone happy but him. Bruce would much rather be replacing the soon-...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 25, 2003
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August 26, 2009It has its moments but I can't stand Jim Carrey and it just wasn't very funny.
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February 14, 2009"How would you handle the most awesome responsibility in the universe?"
A guy who complains about God too often is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world.
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December 21, 2008A charming modern reinterpretation of Dickens's Christmas Carol. Jim Carrey, playing Jim Carrey, plays a self-centred TV news reporter who is endowed with the power of God. Despite having the power to make the world better, his life falls apart around him due to his personal gree...( read more)
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December 14, 2008Bruce Nolan is a field reporter with a Buffalo news channel who feels put upon by God due to his second-rate life. When the opportunity for an anchor desk promotion he wants passes him by, Bruce goes to pieces on air and curses God. But then he receives a pager message from God a...( read more)
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November 7, 2009Much better than I expected it to be, Jim Carrey IS a hard act to follow.
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Critic Reviews
May 26, 2003
David Edelstein, Slate
May 23, 2003
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Everyone is well cast and no one more perfectly than Freeman, who is far more God-like than George Burns ever was. full review
May 23, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The film, particularly in its first and last third, seems sadly devoid of imagination. full review
May 23, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Carrey's shtick is beginning to seem tired. full review
May 23, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A charmer, the kind of movie where Bruce learns that while he may not ever make a very good God, the experience may indeed make him a better television newsman. full review
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October 22, 2007i love this movie,it's great.
"And I do da cha cha like a sissy girl...I likea do da cha cha."
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October 16, 2007this is the funniest movie i´ve ever seen!!!
i love jim carrey...he is so funny...i like jennifer aniston too and morgan freeman!!! -
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