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So-so
Avg. Critic Score: 46 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    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 full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    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 full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

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

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    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 full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

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

  • 60
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    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 full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

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

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

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

  • 50
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    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. Read full review

  • 20
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    Something between an indiscretion and an atrocity. Read full review


Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Happily deranged comedy has normal Carrey humor.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has very mature material for a PG-13, including very strong language and crude humor after a thug makes a rhetorical reference to a monkey coming out of his butt. Bruce gives "pleasure" to Grace as they prepare for a sexual encounter. There is an extended joke about a dog who is not house-trained. Characters drink alcohol.
  • Families can talk about what they would do if they had God's powers. How would they decide the best way to respond to prayers? Most of the prayers in this movie are "petitionary," meaning that they are asking for something, usually love, money, or status-related. What other kinds of prayers are there? Some families will want to discuss their own ideas about God and prayer.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: Not an issue
  • sex false5 Sex: Explicit sexual references for a PG-13.
  • language false3 Language: Strong language for a PG-13.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Alcohol is consumed.

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