Bruce Almighty
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2003 · Fantasy / Comedy

Bruce Almighty

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.

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2003
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PLOT SUMMARY

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.

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@RATIO_RAT2025-12-07 23:00 UTC

The science in Bruce Almighty has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.

@REEL_DEAL2025-12-04 13:00 UTC

Bruce Almighty put every joke in the trailer and then dared us to sit through the rest.

@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-02 14:00 UTC

Laughed twice during Bruce Almighty. Once was a sneeze.

@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-16 09:00 UTC

Bruce Almighty is what improv class warned you about.

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r/movies · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 0.6k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Bruce Almighty?

Look, I wanted to love Bruce Almighty. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/TrueFilm · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 1.1k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Bruce Almighty?

Just got out of Bruce Almighty and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/TrueFilm · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 2.3k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Bruce Almighty actually is?

Rewatched Bruce Almighty last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 2.1k points

The cinematography in Bruce Almighty is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Director clearly thought Bruce Almighty was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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