A whiny news reporter is given the chance to step into God's shoes.A whiny news reporter is given the chance to step into God's shoes.A whiny news reporter is given the chance to step into God's shoes.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 9 nominations total
Steve Carell
- Evan Baxter
- (as Steven Carell)
Timothy Di Pri
- Bruce's Cameraman
- (as Timothy DiPri)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaInstead of having the usual 555 prefix used in movies and television, a phone number used by God (Morgan Freeman) was an actual phone number in many U.S. area codes, causing owners of that phone number to be bombarded with calls. For the video release, this number was changed to 555-0123. The phone number used by Bruce later in the film was used by a radio station in Colorado and a woman in Florida, both of whom were deluged with calls wanting to talk with God. The producers bought these two phone numbers used in the film to stop the problems.
- Goofs(at around 6 mins) When Bruce looks at himself in the mirror, Sam enters the room to pee on the couch. The shot changes to Bruce, then back to Sam. On the right side of the screen, you can see the hand of the dog trainer, pointing to where the dog should be looking.
- Quotes
God: Parting your soup is not a miracle, Bruce. It's a magic trick. A single mom who's working two jobs and still finds time to take her kid to soccer practice, that's a miracle. A teenager who says "no" to drugs and "yes" to an education, that's a miracle. People want me to do everything for them. But what they don't realize is THEY have the power. You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle.
- Crazy creditsThere are several outtakes and goofs from the movie during the ending credits.
- Alternate versionsUniversal Studios released a Family Friendly version on DVD that removes objectionable content. This version has a blue border on the DVD cover.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Bruce Almighty/The In-Laws/Our Town (2003)
Featured review
Well, was Morgan Freeman any more unusual as God than George Burns? This film sure was better than that bore, "Oh, God". I was totally engrossed and LMAO all the way through. Carrey was perfect as the out of sorts anchorman wannabe, and Aniston carried off her part as the frustrated girlfriend in her usual well played performance. I, for one, don't consider her to be either ugly or untalented. I think my favorite scene was when Carrey opened up the file cabinet thinking it could never hold his life history. See if you can spot the file in the cabinet that holds the events of his bathroom humor: I was rolling over this one. Well written and even better played out, this comedy will go down as one of this funnyman's best.
- helpless_dancer
- Jun 18, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
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- Also known as
- Todopoderoso
- Filming locations
- Buffalo, New York, USA(establishing shots, aerial shots and visual effects plates)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $81,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $242,829,261
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $67,953,330
- May 25, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $484,592,874
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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