4/06/04 DVD(R2)
A pleasing enough film - can think of many worse ways to spend a couple
of hours of an evening. Once again I am not a huge Jim Carrey fan
(although I was hugely impressed with The Truman Show), and I found
his character - Bruce Nolan - very unbelievable. That said, the premise
is great, Morgan Freeman does a very good interpretation of God,
I just love Jennifer Aniston (appropriately named Grace), and I found
this film to be both very funny but also quite subtle, in terms of
the collatoral damage done by Bruce weilding his power to further his
cause (e.g. a 'headline' meteor strike causes power cuts, or lassoing the
moon causes floods in Korea), how even when he gets what he wants he's not
happy, and how answering yes to everyone's prayers is an utter diaster.
Still, it's ultimately just a popcornfest, and Bruce is just a little
too selfish and Grace a little too long-suffering to really be believable.
(Oh yes, and the dog is real star of the show!)
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