Bruce Almighty (2003)

Bruce Almighty rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.8/10· 467K votes

Rotten Tomatoes48%

Metacritic46%

TMDb6.726/10· 11K votes

With 48% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.8/10 on IMDb and 46/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Bruce Almighty

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, 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.

Cast of Bruce Almighty

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  Jim Carrey

  as Bruce Nolan

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  Morgan Freeman

  as God

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  Jennifer Aniston

  as Grace Connelly

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  Philip Baker Hall

  as Jack Baylor

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  Catherine Bell

  as Susan Ortega

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  Lisa Ann Walter

  as Debbie

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  Steve Carell

  as Evan Baxter

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  Nora Dunn

  as Ally Loman

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  Eddie Jemison

  as Bobby

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  Paul Satterfield

  as Dallas Coleman

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  Mark Kiely

  as Fred Donohue

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  Sally Kirkland

  as Anita

Bruce Almighty facts

Budget

$80M

Box office

$484.6M

Collection

Almighty Collection

Our take on Bruce Almighty

Tom Shadyac's 2003 comedy-fantasy hands its premise to Jim Carrey's elastic energy: a discontented Buffalo TV reporter, sore about a bad day and a stalled career, mocks God and is suddenly granted divine powers. The setup lets the film mix broad slapstick with a gentle moral about gratitude and responsibility, so it plays as both a gag machine and a soft parable. It suits viewers who like their comedy warm rather than edgy, and anyone drawn to high-concept wish-fulfillment where the joke is a regular man mishandling omnipotence. If you want physical comedy with a sincere streak, this fits an easy, crowd-pleasing evening.