She gives a heartfelt performance and makes you forget you're watching a movie, she and Carrey feel very much like a real couple. At least, you don't think that when you see her. Jennifer Aniston is great and, no matter what some may say, does not act like the only excuse for the third act. But without Carrey, it would kinda feel like a It's a Wonderful Life wannabe. And the humour is very good in the first place. Without him, the humour would turn flat, as humour is half execution. Whether they would admit it or not, the role was written or rewritten exclusively for Carrey. As you probably know from hearing about this movie in the first place, Carrey's pitch-perfect acting stays in character (which, luckily enough, is him), and controls and gives atmosphere to the movie scene by scene. The step-by-step fashion in which we meet the challenges of being God is much better than clustering his problems together, and is able to hide itself fairly well. Meanwhile, his constant excitement about his own life makes him more selfish, leaving his relationship on dangerous ground. Bruce then makes his life better for himself, until he's guilted into helping others, where he then continues to miss the point of his powers. When the final straws are executed, he's quick to not laugh, but yell in the face of God, who in turn gives Bruce his powers. This drive is what is slowly driving his beautiful girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston) away. Jim Carry plays Bruce Nolan, a TV reporter usually stuck on the lighter side of the news, desperate to prove himself (more or less TO himself) that he can be taken seriously and do a good job in an anchor job. Any possible God, no matter the religion. It's not preachy, it's not anchored by it's moral, it shouldn't be controversial. I really do not know what people have against this film, but it's definitely one of my favourites.
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