Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1967 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-11-24
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, Portuguese
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 101 minutes

DVD Description
Despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston - Rock Star, The Good Girl), local TV reporter Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey - The Grinch, Liar, Liar) doesn’t think the world is treating him fairly. Then, after his worst day ever, Bruce angrily rants against God for ruining his life and mismanaging the universe. So God (Morgan Freeman - The Sum Of All Fears, Deep Impact) responds … and endows Bruce with all of His powers to see if Bruce can do a better job. From the hit-making director of Liar, Liar and the writer who brought you The Nutty Professor … all hilarity breaks loose when a little divine intervention lets the always unpredictable Jim Carrey spend a week playing God!

Special Features

• Deleted scenes
  
• Out-takes
  
• Featurette
  
• Director Commentary with Tom Shadyac

DVD Technical Information:

• Running Time: 101 mins
  
• Region Code: 2
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Wide Screen
  
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  
• Languages: English, Spanish
  
• Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired, Portuguese, Spanish

Synopsis
Jim Carrey returns to his zany, manic roots in this Capraesque comedy from director Tom Shadyac (ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE and LIAR LIAR). Carrey stars as Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, New York who lives a normal life with his sweet girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston). But Bruce isn't satisfied, and after a particularly bad day where everything goes wrong, he blames God. After spewing a tirade of curses God's way, God (Morgan Freeman in a gentlemanly white suit) responds and challenges Bruce to take over and see if he can run things better. Of course, there are some conditions; Bruce can only have the "almighty" powers for 24 hours and only in the Buffalo area. This doesn't stop Bruce, and he responds to his newfound powers with selfish, childlike zeal. Like a kid in a sweet shop, Bruce sets off making one hysterical, yet disastrous, decision after another. He pulls the moon closer to the earth so he can have a more romantic evening with Grace, unaware that his actions cause a tidal wave in Japan and responds to the prayers of the world with a mass-email "yes" that creates millions of lottery winners, riots, and mayhem. Ultimately, Bruce proves he is only human, and cannot possibly fill God's shoes, although he has a great time trying.

Customer Reviews

Back to What He Does Best
Looking back on Jim Carrey's vast array of films there are some comedy classics, and then there are some to forget all together. Although this film is a long way of being in the 'comedy classic' genre such as the brilliant Dumb and Dumber it's still funny and most of all it still entertains.

On screen Carrey puts his all into his acting, he msut be exhausted after filming with the amount of energy he puts into it all. At the same time he makes the character, in this film 'Bruce', come alive and creates a character that we can all recognise and sympathise with as we all have (frequent) bad days. In a way we are laughing with him and not at him as he wreaks havoc playing 'God' and using his powers to his own selfish advantages instead of helping others. Here is the films only real downfall, that it can't seem to make up it's mind whether it's going to be an all out funny film or a film that teaches us an important moral lesson. It continually wavers between the two and hence you never feel completely satisfied that you have received the message the film was trying to convey.

The film really clicks, mainly because Carrey has excellent support from Morgan Freeman as God and Jennifer Anniston as Bruce's girlfriend. The portrayal of God by Morgan Freeman is original and interesting and Anniston once again shows that Friends is not the beginning and end of her acting career.

The film can be summed up in one word, 'hilairious,' and I don't think anyone would be dissappointed upon seeing it. People who have found Carrey's rubber faced acting beginning to grate on their nerves over the past couple of years should still give this film a go as Carrey pulls out all the stops and once again comes good.

Typically Carrey.....which is typically good
This film contains Jim Carrey, which to me, is a stamp of approval, even before I've watched it. It also stars Morgan Freeman, another tremendous actor, and another clue to how good the film will be.

I settled down at the cinema to watch this on its 3rd day of release, for the simple reasons of the stars it featured. I ended up seeing a film with a lot of humour, and an excellent waste of 2 hours, which, to be honest, is what films are designed to do.

Basically, it features Bruce Almighty (Jim Carrey), a TV news anchorman, who keeps getting given the worst stories to report on, and after a particularly bad day, he rants and raves to God, who promptly invites him to take over the job. Bruce then uses this powers to turn his life around, before realising that maybe, not even God's powers can help him.

A hilarious film, typical Carrey, which also features Freeman as God, and the ever gorgeous Jennifer Aniston (Rachel in Friends) as Bruce Almighty's partner.

The film's only failing was in its potential aim to get across a philosophical message to the viewers, but when the film's this funny, I don't really care. A great addition to Carrey's portfolio next to Ace Ventura, and really, the greatest compliment I could hand this film is that it now replaces Ace as my favourite Carrey film.

"I am Bruce Almighty. My will be done."
Bruce Almighty is a comedy that was released in 2003 and was directed by Tom Shadyac. The cast comprises of Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall, and Jennifer Aniston.

Local TV reporter Bruce Nolan (Carrey) is having a rough time. Nothing seems to be going right for him, and after the worst day of his life, he becomes outraged and starts to blame God for ruining his life. He even stands in the middle of the road and shouts "Smite me oh mighty smighter." Shortly after this, he finds himself face to face with his creator (Freeman), who hasn't liked all of Bruce's complaining, so decides to endow Bruce with all of his powers for one week, to see if Bruce can do a better job than him. Bruce initially doesn't believe it and simply thinks that the man he saw was insane, but soon comes to release that's it true, and sets about to have some fun. But when things start to get serious he is unprepared, and this leads to some strange but funny situations.

The plot to Bruce Almighty is simple, but fun and entertaining. The film is very comical in places, and it's easy to watch. It's also quite sad at times, and has a deeper meaning about the value of life, and how the world does not evolve around one person. We've all had bad days, so I think there is something we can all relate to in the film.

Two of my favourite scenes that come to mind are when some thugs (who had earlier beaten up Bruce) get their comeuppance. And when Bruce sabotages Evan's (a rival reporter) performance on air.

The characters in the film are great, very believable and easy to identify with. The acting from the main cast is fantastic. Jim Carrey as allows is in good form and Morgan Freeman seems really suited to play the somewhat serious role of God.

There are some decent special features included on the DVD, most noticeably outtakes and delete scenes, which are worth a watch.

The beginning of the film is a bit slow, but things seriously pick up once Bruce becomes Almighty. It's not the most serious of films and as long as you don't engage your brain too much, then you can enjoy Bruce Almighty.

I've you not a fan of Jim Carrey, then I do suggest you avoid this film, other than that give Bruce Almighty a watch.