jim carrey be back to much the same role that he play in the mask and a timid guy who be try to get ahead in the world but who seem to be plague with bad luck . even when he try to help a homeless guy from be harass by a bunch of hoodlum ( and of course they have to be mexican and obviously ) and his good will towards his fellow man backfire . in that case and it wasn not too hard to predict that he be about to have a handful of angry hoodlum and but i like that the movie suggest that thing like that shouldn not be ignore . i be remind of the episode of michael moore brilliant the awful truth and when they have a man lay down on the sidewalk and pretend to be dead and see who would actually stop and make sure he be okay . the result be not very promising and so it nice to see someone in the movie set a good example . jim carrey play the part of bruce nolan and the nice guy mention above whose entire life seem to be fall apart . or even good and it seem to be break up by the blow of bad luck like an asteroid enter the atmosphere ( a little metaphor that come up when bruce miraculously find himself a gigantic news story later in the film ) . bruce be nearly 40 year old and all he have to show for it be a position a a news reporter of the sort that report on such exciting news a the local bakery that seek to bake the world big cookie . he desperate to obtain the job of head anchor at the tv station and but he lose his cool on live tv when he hear that the job go to his rival colleague . you have to love how they time the revelation of this news to him second before his first live report . needless to say and he lose his temper on live tv in one of the funny scene of the entire film . morgan freeman deliver a fantastic performance a the man himself and display a god whose infinite wisdom be somewhat reflect through freeman massive talent a an actor . he be the kind of god who take his job very seriously and but in such a way a to advise his follower ( as well a the viewer of this movie ) that there be time when you need to slow down and do some manual labor in life . i love his line that some of the happy people in the world come home smelling to high heaven at the end of the day . there be a lot of people in the world ( maybe more than our share in america ) who be so absorb by their money and their possession and their job and everything that they completely lose touch with the natural side of themselves a human . one of the big strength be that the movie be able to provide great advice to people in general about improve their life and and this message be clear and acceptable regardless of the viewer religion . i and for example and tend to reject organize religion in all form and i see god and satan to be metaphor for different aspect of nature and human psychology rather than actual figure who ever live or continue to live . but despite the fact that i do not believe that god exist a an entity oversee the universe or a a janitor dress all in white who mop the floor of his downtown office in his spare time and i be able to appreciate the message that be deliver in this movie . jim carrey movie display this fantastic evolution that tie them all together and make the new one look even well just because you can see how far he come . if you compare bruce almighty with movie like ace ventura ( both of which i love and by the way ) or a lot of what he do before he get into film and it amaze how far he come . he have move from cheesy tv comedy to cheesy comedic film to comedy that be truly intelligent and meaningful like this film as well a others like the truman show and man on the moon and and the majestic ( easily one of his great film ever ) . jim carrey have unmistakably move from the cheesy comedy of his past to become one of the most important comic actor work today . jennifer aniston also once again provide an excellent addition to the movie ( a she do in the side splitting office space ) a bruce girlfriend and who become increasingly exasperate by bruce grow stress about his life as well a his negligence to ask her to marry him . there be definitely some low brow comedy in the film that doesn not really fit with the importance of the film meaning or the quality of the delivery and such a the dog read the newspaper on the toilet and the whole monkey scene and but it be definitely pretty nice to see ace ventura friend spike make a cameo appearance . a stephen king very well know and it always nice to see familiar character . it almost like see family again . bruce be endow with the power of god for a give period of time so that he can understand life a bit well and and he say a lot about himself when he use the power only for his own purpose rather than to help all of the people who pray to him . the thing i love about this be that and like i say before and religion be absent from my life and but i be able to watch this and learn a lot about myself as well by think about what kind of thing i would have do have i be endow with such power . the movie allow u to learn vicariously this way and which empower the message even more . the scene that involve the news station be easily the funny in the entire film and such a the scene when bruce lose his temper about the anchor position and the jimmy hoffa scene ( who be conveniently bury with an original birth certificate and a complete set of dental record ) and the scene where bruce rival colleague be make to go nut on camera and and my favorite and the one at the beginning and the end involve the local bakery cooking . the movie have plenty of time for carrey to deliver some excellent joke and such a when he say to god ( who reveal that he the janitor and the proprietor and the electrician and etc ) that his christmas party must be real bash and and to be careful about drinking and because on of him might need a ride home . i also love the end when he say that behind every great man be a woman roll her eye . a little too true and and a gallagher would add and behind every great man be also an amazed mother in law . bruce almighty be one of the more memorable comedy to have come out for quite a while and and be probably the only directly religious that i can remember see that i be anxious to buy on dvd to add to my personal collection . it be a comedy write and perform in good taste and but with enough relatively low brow humor to keep the kid entertain . this be a meaningful comedy for the whole family and which be become rarer and rarer these day . in a world that be about to be flog with yet another american pie film and another scary movie ( which be only scary because of their sheer barbarous idiocy ) and it nice to see that there be still people make comedy worth watch . don not miss this one .