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Director: Tom Shadyac
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Frustrated at being confined to 'zany' material, a small-time TV news reporter (Carrey) is desperate to shed his 'wacky Bruce' persona and become a sober anchorman. Cruelly thwarted, he rants and rails at God's injustice so much that He (Freeman, typecast) announces He's taking a holiday and leaving Bruce in charge. As high concept movies go, this is extremely high. Celestially so, in fact. But director Shadyac and his three scriptwriters prove much more fallibly flawed than their omnipotent hero. A fun half hour follows a clunky set up, with the gleefully obnoxious Bruce testing his new powers - producing one great gag about the corpse of Jimmy Hoffa, of all things. But too often it feels as if the film-makers were terrified of America's vocal moral majority. There's nothing to offend anyone here, except those of us allergic to the sentimental life-lesson glop that constitutes the final act's redemption of an asshole.Author: NY
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- Posted on Aug 15 2007 13:35 I love this film! I'm not a huge Jim Carrey fan but i think he is very good in this, it is funny with a good fun storyline and can be touching also. Jennifer Aniston is excellent as the female lead.
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Cast & crew
Director: Tom Shadyac
Producer: Tom Shadyac, Jim Carrey, James D Brubaker, Michael Bostick, Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe
Cast: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall, Catherine Bell, Lisa Ann Walter, Steve Carell, Nora Dunn, Eddie Jemison, Sally Kirkland, Tony Bennett full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 101 mins
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