Bruce Almighty: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
* [[Nora Dunn]] as Ally Loman |
* [[Nora Dunn]] as Ally Loman |
||
==Controversy== |
==Controversy== |
||
The film caused controversy because God contacts Bruce using an actual phone number rather than a number in the standard fictional 555 [[telephone]] [[telephone exchange|switch]]. Several people and groups sharing this number have received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God. The producers note that the number chosen was not in use in the area the film's set in. |
The film caused controversy because God contacts Bruce using an actual phone number (555-0123) rather than a number in the standard fictional 555 [[telephone]] [[telephone exchange|switch]]. Several people and groups sharing this number have received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God. The producers note that the number chosen was not in use in the area the film's set in. |
||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
*{{imdb title|id=0315327|title=Bruce Almighty}} |
*{{imdb title|id=0315327|title=Bruce Almighty}} |
||
Revision as of 05:35, 26 December 2004
Bruce Almighty (2003) is a comedy movie directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe and Steve Oedekerk.
Plot
Template:Spoiler The protagonist, Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a TV news reporter who fails to get a job as an anchorman and, after a series of other bad luck incidents, complains to God that he is treating him unfairly and is doing a terrible job as supreme deity. Carrey is then contacted by God (Morgan Freeman) and endowed with almighty powers to prove that he can do a better job. Bruce quickly abuses his newfound powers for personal gain, only to be reminded that he also has to take care of other people's problems. Meanwhile, Bruce endangers his relationship with girlfriend Grace Connelly (Jennifer Aniston) through his self-centered behavior.
In typical Hollywood style, the film carefully avoids controversy. God seems to be of no particular denomination; theological questions such as the existence of hell or the second coming of Jesus are not discussed. The movie seems to explicitly reject traditional Catholicism, however -- when Bruce rhetorically asks whether God ever takes a vacation, God responds: "Ever heard of the Dark Ages?"
Issues like omnipotence and omniscience are not explored in any detail, and most of Bruce's actions as God are limited to the area of Buffalo, New York. In short, Bruce Almighty is a simple comedy that does not examine its premise, but merely uses it for laughs and the final philosophical revelation of the film, which could be summarized as "salvation comes from within".
Tagline: He's got the power.
Cast
- Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan
- Morgan Freeman as God
- Jennifer Aniston as Grace Connelly
- Lisa Ann Walter as Debbie
- Steve Carell as Evan Baxter
- Catherine Bell as Susan Ortega
- Sally Kirkland as Anita Mann
- Nora Dunn as Ally Loman
Controversy
The film caused controversy because God contacts Bruce using an actual phone number (555-0123) rather than a number in the standard fictional 555 telephone switch. Several people and groups sharing this number have received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God. The producers note that the number chosen was not in use in the area the film's set in.