Bruce Nolan toils as a 'human interest' television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God—and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.
... on at least three or four occasions, Carrey made me laugh so hard I had tears in my eyes -- and that's a heck of a trick.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
27 May 2003
rotten:
Bruce takes over for the vacationing deity, but despite an initial surge of jolly, somewhat cruel chaos (as when he forces the new anchor to unreel paragraphs of gibberish on camera), things soon turn soggy.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
27 May 2003
rotten:
It drowns [Carrey's] hilarious physicality in an ocean of sap.
– John Powers,
L.A. Weekly,
29 May 2003
fresh:
Mr. Carrey gets some of his biggest laughs in years by playing up the darker side of his character's small-mindedness.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
13 Jun 2003
rotten:
There's remarkably little done with a premise snatched from high-concept heaven, adding yet another file to the growing cabinet of under-realized comedies.