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When the original previews for this movie came out, I wasn't too impressed. Granted, it had Vince Vaughn in it, but it seems like he peaked as Trent in Swingers. However, I finally got around to seeing this film a few weeks ago, and was actually rather impressed. The makeup, costumes, and set design were incredible. The story wasn't as complete as it could have been, especially in parts of characters' lives which were briefly mentioned and then as quickly forgotten, but overall, the film was enjoyable.

I went over to a friend's house and she had this tape sitting on top of her VCR. We were bored and both had seen everything else she had, so we decided to watch it, as I had never even heard of Eddie Izzard. Before it started, she warned me that most people that have watched it with her think it's terrible and don't really understand alot of his humor. Two minutes into the film, I could barely hear one joke from still laughing at the previous one. Chronicling the whole of the Bible, granted with many long, random tangents, Izzard's comic genius had me laughing for the entire hour and a half.

Being a fan of Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, and Morgan Freeman, I went to see this film with high hopes. After all, any movie with Freeman as God has to be pretty good, right? Perhaps not. While Freeman did once again fail to let me down, Carrey's performance was below average. However, when given a script that wasn't all that spectacular, one man can only do so much. Perhaps had I looked a little closer to see that Steve Oedekerk had been involved in the script, whose other cinematic failures include Kung Pow (also known as The Dumbest Movie in Existence), I wouldn't have been let down that much. Carrey was the best he could have been, but there's only so much he could do to save this. Steven Carrell had one of the best scenes in the movie, but even that was only able to entertain briefly before the gag just kept dragging on. Oh well, what can you expect from formula films?