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Bruce Almighty
(Reviewed June 19, 2003)
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Really lousy, cheap comedy, but I can't get enough of JAG star Catherine Bell, so I'll give this waste of time a "D" instead of an "F." My favorite thing about the movie, in fact, is the humorously insulting way she over-rolls the "R" in her news-anchor character's name ("Ortega") whenever she introduces herself at the beginning of a newscast. It's an obvious dig at some of the anchors here in Los Angeles, who pronounce their last names (Alvarez and Gonzales come to mind) as if they just jumped off a northbound produce truck from Tijuana.
The rest of the movie is so lame it doesn't do much of anything with its premise (Jim Carrey getting God's powers). Also, apparently all of the budget money went to Mr. C, because this is about the shoddiest-looking "major motion picture" I've seen this year. (You won't believe how fake a scene of Carrey and Morgan Freeman on top of Mt. Everest looks, for example.)
This is the kind of lowbrow crowdpleaser that gets yucks from dog-taking-a-piss scenes. (The only thing lower is baby-pissing-in-face scenes, which are so overused they seem to have become a disturbing Hollywood sex fetish.)
Not even worth a rental.
Back Row Grade: D
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