Bruce Almighty Critic Reviews

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 full review

Aniston, as a sweet kindergarten teacher and fiancee, shows again (after "The Good Girl") that she really will have a movie career.Read the full review

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 full review

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 full review

Carrey isn't afraid to go happily psycho, like Peter Sellers or Eminem on his funniest tracks, and that's his edge. Read the full review

Bruce Almighty would rather go runny and bland, mostly where Aniston's Grace is concerned.Read the full review

Even more than Jerry Lewis, Robin Williams or Pee-wee Herman, Mr. Carrey, now 41 (pretty old for an overgrown kid), sustains a maniacal energy that explodes off the screen in blinding electrical zaps. Those jolts don't always feel pleasant. Read the full review

While Bruce Almighty does end on a modest "Candide"-like note, the getting there is too strained to be much of a pleasure. Read the full review

Even apart from the fact that it's not nearly funny enough, Bruce Almighty is a peculiar film.Read the full review