SNMR 5.6: "Bruce Almighty"

Tonight's SNMR feature is "Bruce Almighty" (2003, PG-13, 101 minutes), starring Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carrell and Catherine Bell. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac.

PLOT SUMMARY: Bruce Nolan (Carrey) is a television reporter who believes the entire universe is stacked against him. In a life-altering encounter, the Big Guy Upstairs (Freeman) endows Bruce with all of his divine powers and challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.

MY THOUGHTS: I've never been a huge fan of Jim Carrey. That being said, he seems to star in roles that are tailored to his very physical comedic style. This is a good thing because it would be hard to take Carrey seriously if he were to have a serious role in a dramatic film. I don't have to tell you that I'm a Jennifer Aniston fan (oops!!) because you already know that. This isn't her best role, but its certainly not her worst. She does nothing to mess it up, either. What can I say about Morgan Freeman? One of the best actors working today does a fantastic job in his role as God. I don't know of a lousy movie that he has been in or gives anything less than a top notch performance. Carrey's performance is enhanced in that this is the third film he and director Tom Shadyac have done together ("Liar Liar" and "Ace Ventura"), and they work well together. The script is good, but not great.

All in all a decent waste of 102 minutes of your valuable time.

*** out of *****