Trailer
Cast
Jim Carrey Bruce Nolan
Morgan Freeman God
Jennifer Aniston Grace Connelly
Steve Carell Evan Baxter
Plot
Bruce Nolan is a news reporter trying to get the local news anchor position for the station, keep a decent relationship with his live-in girlfriend, and keep sane. He tries all that he humanly can but still feels like life (and God) has taken a crap on him, especially when his coworker Evan gets the anchor position.
His life changes when God challenges him to "do better" at being God. But, as Peter Parker's uncle said, with great power comes great responsibility. Can Bruce handle playing as God? Will it make his career better? Can he get the anchor position? Will it improve the relationship with his girlfriend Grace? Or will all the power drive him over a different edge?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
3/5 - *SPOILERS*
First off, why name the girlfriend Grace of all names? It could have been Rachel or Sarah or Isabelle or Lisa or whatever but "Grace" is like trying to talk about 'grace of God' or whatnot. I don't like that but whatever.
Secondly, it was kinda funny trying to see Bruce being God though just in one small area of the world. At first, it is all about him: improve his girlfriend's boob size, get laid with amazing sex, see some woman's panties when her dress is lifted with an unexpected gust of wind (Marilyn Monroe style), a new car and tons of news stories. After starting to hear whispers (prayers), he does try to help people by granting wishes but that causes chaos.
Thirdly, the moral of the story is brought to light when he realizes that God gives all humans the freedom of will - God (and God-like Bruce) cannot make someone love him. All of the devotion to God must be chosen from the human's side. And God isn't trying to make Bruce's life terrible but sometimes it just happens. With the freedom of will, things happen that may cause pain or hardship for the human but the human had freedom of will to choose to be a good person, to love and to have faith.
I personally downgraded the rating for this movie because, for the genre of comedy, it wasn't very funny. The answering prayers scene was interesting but the rest of the movie was kinda bland. I was put off the most about the subtle hint of 'God's grace' through the naming of Grace [I know, my pen name is Gracie but I meant it to be a mocking of the fact my family calls me grace-less/clumsy, not a faith-based name like some may think].
Oh, here's another funny scene with Evan as an anchor, thanks to Bruce playing around with him and trying to make Evan lose his job. See below.
The end of the movie was good and Bruce learned his lesson about his place in life, humbled you might say. Evan kept his position as anchor and all was well. Oh, and Grace and Bruce became engaged.
Bonus points for Morgan Freeman being God. Best choice ever, in my opinion. I bet some white Anglosaxon protestants might have issues with that because "God/Jesus is white", which is never said in the Bible [though Jesus was a Jew, not an Anglosaxon white person], but whatever. If I remember the first viewing years ago with my family, my folks were not opposed to Morgan Freeman being God though he is an African American man and my folks are religious protestants.
Anyways, that's my review. More reviews to come eventually. Thanks for reading!
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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