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.
Acting
Carrey's physical comedy is surgical; Freeman's God is unbothered perfection.
Writing
The prayer-email inbox gag? Still genius.
Director
Tom Shadyac
Jim Carrey
Bruce Nolan
Morgan Freeman
God
Jennifer Aniston
Grace Connelly
Philip Baker Hall
Jack Baylor
Catherine Bell
Susan Ortega
Lisa Ann Walter
Debbie
Steve Carell
Evan Baxter
Nora Dunn
Ally Loman
Eddie Jemison
Bobby
Paul Satterfield
Dallas Coleman
Mark Kiely
Fred Donohue
Sally Kirkland
Anita
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Timothy Di Pri
Bruce's Cameraman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'I've Got the Power' traffic scene was largely improvised—Carrey actually directed traffic in real locations with hidden cameras catching genuine reactions.
This was peak 'nice God' cinema of the early 2000s, part of a wave of spiritual-but-not-religious studio comedies that made divinity approachable and non-threatening.
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