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Bruce Almighty (2003) Rank 3 Reviews
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I don't need to sit here and explain this movie to you, do I? It's one of the most blatantly simple movies I've ever seen: Jim Carrey becomes God. End of story. To say Bruce Almighty would have been a mighty bore without Carrey is a supreme understatement ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
DVD Net (Jules Faber)
Bruce is an average guy doing ordinary reporting for a Buffalo TV station. What he wants is to be anchorman on the newsdesk. Feeling God has some sort of grudge against him, he blames all of his malcontent on the Big Guy. So God answers him by donating ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at DVD Net (Jules Faber)
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Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Okay, Bruce Nolan(Jim Carrey) is a newcaster in Buffalo, NY who’s lost the anchor spot to his rival(Steven Carell) and is blaming God for all his troubles. God (Morgan Freeman) isn’t too thrilled with this, so he gives the job to Bruce for a time. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
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Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
Bruce Nolan is one deeply disgruntled barrel of laughs--the emotional kin of Bill Murray's cynical weatherman in "Groundhog ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Carrey is so gifted a physical comedian that even mediocre material shines in his talented hands, not to mention his talented feet, face, elbows, ears, hair and, ahem, derriere. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Moose Hole (Joseph Kastner)
Bruce Almighty answers the prayers of many and finally delivers an effective comedic approach to religious ideology. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Moose Hole (Joseph Kastner)
Movie Addict (John Ulmer)
A thoroughly entertaining, if somewhat repetitive film that doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't: A Jim Carrey movie...they could have made something more interesting, dramatic, serious and hilarious, but I don't think that's what the Jim Carrey audien ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Movie Addict (John Ulmer)
Supercala.com (Paul Salfen)
Carrey still has 'it'. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Supercala.com (Paul Salfen)
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Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
Bruce Almighty has a great premise that collapses into feel-good stickiness, after an often-hilarious 45 minutes. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
This is a funny film which sometimes wobbles on the "tastefulness" tightrope, but still manages to send a decent, God-loving message to those with ears to hear. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
A perfectly respectable Jim Carrey comedy that makes you feel as if you're right back in 1997, watching Liar Liar . ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Exactly what it looks like: a cute premise extended to feature length, with plenty of opportunity for Mr. Carrey to mug for the camera. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
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Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Powerfully entertaining. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
... manages to walk a tightrope between comedic elements and 'Almighty' elements... God's teaching Bruce a life lesson, and everything (Bruce) does has to count if it's going to stick. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Bruce Almighty is proof that "high concept" movies can also be well-crafted and ambitious...There’s plenty of smart comic filmmaking at play throughout. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
When Carrey is doing his thing as the Almighty, histrionically whipping up one miracle after another and relishing the power, Bruce has you spring-cleaning your lungs with laughter. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
"Bruce Almighty" is an uproarious, enjoyable comedic farce that explores religion in many aspects. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
If the results are something less than inspired, they remind us there is godliness in silliness. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...a great concept -- a clod becomes God. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Very snappy, sweetly moral. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Billings Outpost (Montana) (Josh Gilchrist)
There’s something to be said for a film that keeps us smiling rather than one that has a few funny moments before disappearing from memory forever. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Billings Outpost (Montana) (Josh Gilchrist)
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Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
Even with all its predictability, Bruce Almighty and its star Jim Carrey still leaves you crying from laughter. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
When Carrey is doing his thing as the Almighty, histrionically whipping up one miracle after another and relishing the power, "Bruce" has you spring-cleaning your lungs with laughter. But you are made to pay for it with a third-act sap-rising that's as ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Aniston, as a sweet kindergarten teacher and fiancee, shows again (after "The Good Girl") that she really will have a movie career. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Everyone is well cast and no one more perfectly than Freeman, who is far more God-like than George Burns ever was. Freeman's God is wise, humble, wry, patient and funny but never mean-spirited. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Jim Carrey with divine powers? Heaven help us! Heaven - in the form of Morgan Freeman as God in a maharishi tunic - helps Carrey, an aspiring TV news anchor in Bruce Almighty, a disarming comedy about the uses and abuses of omnipotence. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
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Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
This is one of Carrey's 'in-between' films, the kind best suited to his lofty ambitions but rather limited acting ability. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
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Like ink waiting threateningly on the tip of a schoolboy’s ruler, Jim Carrey is set to return as Class Clown of Hollywood High once again. His latest comic offering sees him playing Bruce Nolan, a news presenter with serious pass the buck issues, who ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Talking Pictures (UK)
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IF GOD came down to earth and granted his powers, what would one ask or do? Save the world from pestilence? Feed all starving children? Or maybe bring world peace? But Bruce Nolan, small time reporter for a TV channel in Buffalo, potty trains his dog, ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at The Hindu
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There is about Jim Carrey a desperate urgency that can be very funny, as he plunges with manic intensity after his needs and desires. In "Bruce Almighty," he plays a man for whom the most important thing on earth is to become an anchor on a Buffalo TV sta ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Bruce Almighty is an attempt by Jim Carrey to marry the comedies that made him a star with the more high-concept films he has made since becoming a more serious actor. From the old school days, Tom Shadyac directs, who also helmed the Carrey comedies Ace ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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See, the first thing I'd do if I was God for a week would be to cast "director" Tom Shadyac into a nice, deep, despairing pit of hell, where there's nothing to do but watch Dragonfly and Patch Adams over and over. I know: then I'd be like, oh, everyone ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
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Although the film's jabs at TV journalism are nothing new, Carrey brings to the material the sense of someone who's too smart for his work yet loves it -- the essence, perhaps, of being a ham. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Sheri Linden)
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Cutting Edge
Binnen een maand komt “Dumb and dumberer†uit, de prequel van de Jim Carrey–film uit 1994. Zónder Jim Carrey. Die is nu te zien in “Bruce almightyâ€.
Bruce Nolan (Carrey) is een faits divers–verslaggever die het tot nieuwsanker wil schoppen. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Cutting Edge
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Midrange Carrey, neither as artful as The Truman Show nor as singularly crude as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective . ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Guess the Gross
The concept must have seemed like a home run even without a script. Jim Carrey as a regular guy who takes on God's powers. Heck do you even need a script for that? Simply turn on the camera, let Carrey contort himself, add a catchphrase, special effects ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Guess the Gross
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
The crude comedy is funny and the sentimentality is touching, but the two halves mix like oil and water. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
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Carrey isn't afraid to go happily psycho, like Peter Sellers or Eminem on his funniest tracks, and that's his edge. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
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It would be nice to say that Bruce is hilarious, rather than merely (and fitfully) funny; certainly, the premise suggests laughs more consistent and outlandish than are present here. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Bruce Almighty would rather go runny and bland, mostly where Aniston's Grace is concerned. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
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Bruce Almighty is an attempt by Jim Carrey to marry the comedies that made him a star with the more high-concept films he has made since becoming a more serious actor. From the old school days, Tom Shadyac directs, who also helmed the Carrey comedies Ace ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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Bruce Almighty is an attempt by Jim Carrey to marry the comedies that made him a star with the more high-concept films he has made since becoming a more serious actor. From the old school days, Tom Shadyac directs, who also helmed the Carrey comedies Ace ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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For Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) it is not just another bad day that he complains to God about. This is the worst day of his life. He has just lost the opportunity to become his TV station's regular newscaster, a position he covets most. ...read the complete Bruce Almighty movie review at CBCP Cinema
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