Bruce receives a message on his pager, which takes him to an empty warehouse where he meets God. After a series of misfortunes, Bruce complains to God that 'He's the one that should be fired'. When Bruce's coveted job is taken by his rival, Evan Baxter, a vulgar on-camera outburst leads to his dismissal from the station. It went on to gross $484 million worldwide.Įvan Almighty - a spin-off sequel focusing on Steve Carell's character, with Shadyac and Oedekerk returning to direct and write, respectively, and Freeman also reprising his role - was released on June 22, 2007.īruce Nolan is a television field reporter for Eyewitness News on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, who usually covers mundane news stories (such as Buffalo bakers baking the largest cookie in history), but desires to be the station's anchorman. The film surprised the industry's pundits when it beat The Matrix Reloaded the following weekend. When released in American theaters on May 23, 2003, Bruce Almighty received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box-office success and grossed $86.4 million in its opening weekend, a Memorial Day record at the time. The film is Shadyac and Carrey's third collaboration, after Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Liar Liar (1997). It co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall and Steve Carell. The film stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a down-on-his-luck television reporter who complains to God (played by Morgan Freeman) that he is not doing his job correctly and is offered the chance to try being God himself for one week. Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe and Steve Oedekerk.

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