But also, let your adult self marvel at the genius on show here. This isn't an action movie. This is an exercise in knowingly filming utterly impossible, idiotic things, and casually passing them off as an action movie, with a sly wink. This movie is cute, funny and sexy, and has more barefaced cheek than any ten movies combined.
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Monday 7 July 2003
Bruce Almighty
Vapid rubbish, in which Jim Carrey gurns.
A bit harsh. Maybe.
This is typical "moral in the tail" American comedy. In which we are told that rather than set our sights high in life, we should accept our lot and marry Jennifer Anniston. Jim Carrey is given the power of god, does a few minor things which cause a major, and implausible, upset in his local town, is taught the lesson that rather than trying and failing to answer prayers, he should basically do nothing except maybe be nice to people, and then the whole thing goes away, and Jim realises... something or other.
Despite a lack of plot or message, there's a couple of performances to look at. Jim Carrey rants well, and amusingly, Morgan Freeman does inscrutible and benign. Jennifer Anniston simply is.
5/10. It's not a dead loss, but it's an audacious idea that goes absolutely nowhere.
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