Directed by:
Tom ShadyacCinematography:
Dean SemlerComposer:
John DebneyCast:
Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall, Lisa Ann Walter, Steve Carell, Nora Dunn, Eddie Jemison, Paul Satterfield, Sally Kirkland (more)VOD (2)
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Bruce Nolan is a local Eyewitness News TV reporter in Buffalo, New York, best known for doing human interest stories--which makes everyone happy but him. Bruce would much rather be replacing the soon-to-retire anchorman. Essentially, Bruce is disconnected with everything in his life and rarely misses an opportunity to complain about it. He has a loving girlfriend, Grace, who runs a day care center and adores Bruce in spite of his negativity. Bruce is handed a great opportunity when he's asked to do the 23rd anniversary of Niagara Falls' famed Maid of the Mist boat, which will air live during sweeps. But the mist hits the fan when it's announced on-air--just before Bruce goes live--that the co-anchor position, about to be vacated, is going to Bruce's superficial rival. In front of millions of viewers, Bruce has an on-camera meltdown, punctuated by a four-letter word not yet cleared for network television. On this worst day of Bruce's life, he's fired from the station, beaten up by a gang of toughs, and his car is vandalized. Furious, Bruce rails and rages against the Lord for his rotten luck--which is followed by a curious set of signs, one of which leads him to an old building called Omni Presents, Inc. There, Bruce meets a janitor who reveals himself to be who he really is--God! He's heard Bruce's complaints and now has an offer for the choleric newscaster--his job. By endowing Bruce with all his powers, God challenges him to take on the job and see if he can do any better! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jim Carrey
Canada
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
L'Homme sur la lune (1999)
Jennifer Aniston
USA
Best movies:
Le Géant de fer (1999)
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary (2019)
We're the Millers (2013)
Morgan Freeman
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Se7en (1995)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Philip Baker Hall
USA
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
Le Rocher (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Lisa Ann Walter
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1998)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Steve Carell
USA
Best movies:
Despicable Me (2010)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Nora Dunn
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Dreamland (1998) (video compilation)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
Cherish (2002)
Eddie Jemison
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's 13 (2007)
Behind the Candelabra (2013) (TV movie)
Paul Satterfield
USA
Best movies:
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Rancid (2004)
Sally Kirkland
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
JFK (1991)
Emilio Rivera
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
Collateral (2004)
Con Air (1997)
Robert Curtis Brown
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Trading Places (1983)
Red Dragon (2002)
Shaun Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Bruce Almighty (2003)
America's Sweethearts (2001)
Blue Crush (2002)
Catherine Bell
UK
Best movies:
La Mort vous va si bien (1992)
The Good Witch's Destiny (2013) (TV movie)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Mary Pat Gleason
USA
Best movies:
Basic Instinct (1992)
Traffic (2000)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Ara Celi
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Machete (2010)
Max Grodénchik
USA
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
Barton Fink (1991)
Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
Shashawnee Hall
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Les Griffes de la nuit (1984)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Colby French
Best movies:
L'Echange (2008)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Eagle Eye (2008)
Bradley Stryker
USA
Best movies:
Let Him Go (2020)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Cold Pursuit (2019)