Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty (2003)

  • 48% of critics liked it
    (184 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (31,507,041 ratings)

After a bad day at work, a man suddenly gets a new job -- as the world's new Heavenly Father -- in this comedy. Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a television reporter working in Buffalo, NY, who has been growing increasingly dissatisfied with his existence, and after an especially bad day, he flies… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Michael O'Keefe, Steve Koren, Steve Oedekerk
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
May 23, 2003 Wide
On DVD
Nov 25, 2003
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    There's remarkably little done with a premise snatched from high-concept heaven, adding yet another file to the growing cabinet of under-realized comedies.

  • , Time Out

    Director Shadyac and his three scriptwriters prove much more fallibly flawed than their omnipotent hero.

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    Mr. Carrey gets some of his biggest laughs in years by playing up the darker side of his character's small-mindedness.

  • Ed Park, Village Voice

    Bruce takes over for the vacationing deity, but despite an initial surge of jolly, somewhat cruel chaos (as when he forces the new anchor to unreel paragraphs of gibberish on camera), things soon turn soggy.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    ... on at least three or four occasions, Carrey made me laugh so hard I had tears in my eyes -- and that's a heck of a trick.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Louis R


    The definitive Carrey flick. It's really funny.

  • Eugene B


    Predictable story, unpredictable Jim Carrey. The star provides laughs and emotion to shroud up that the film had a predictable and cliched story. Freeman makes a great mentor and Carrell comes out a dark horse to make this film that more memorable. 4.5/5

  • Jason S


    Funny

  • Joshua W


    Remember when Jim Carry was funny... the only thing I took from this is God probably does look like Freeman.

  • Alexander D


    As goes the director, Tom Shadyac, I usually don't care for him. Both ACE VENTURA films were dumb enough to make Sandler look like Einstein, and LIAR LIAR was one disturbingly hyperactive performance. It seems the only two Shadyac films I remotely enjoyed were EVAN ALMIGHTY… More

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