Bruce Almighty (2003)

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"Is your child in dire jeopardy? Find out tonight, after the game."

I've realised something already, only two days in - that this is made much more difficult by waking up after lunchtime. Just offering advice for life.

In the time I did have today I sent off some job applications and tried to pacify some drama at home, before getting round to this TV movie at 8.30. Maybe I could use some help from Morgan Freeman to get through the tough days. Did He create Himself to fill this role? Perhaps. Or maybe the fuss over Freeman's 'destiny' for this role is just the design of a Chuck Norris-esque enigma in order to raise publicity for a pretty mediocre film.

That's right kids, mediocre! Admittedly there's about 30 minutes of good material here, and some fun visual gags. Carrey is his usual versatile self, though a little less cloying than usual. But even in 90 minutes this felt fleshed out beyond what's bearable. Maybe a new studio should edit recent box office (s)hits to their correct length and release them as compilation DVDs. So, for example, we could also have half an hour each of Night at the Museum, The Illusionist, Spider-Man 3 and the Pirates trilogy (10 minutes each). That way we'd use less natural resources AND patience!

By the way, Mike Huckabee is using Chuck Norris in his campaign for Republican presidential candidate:



I find this rather odd, as should you.