When a frustrated news reporter complains that God is not doing his job, God hands him the powers — and Morgan Freeman plays God with perfect, twinkling authority.
Released in 2003, Bruce Almighty stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a television reporter who blames God for his bad luck, and Freeman as God, who gives Bruce his powers for a limited time to see if he can do better.
Freeman plays God not as a distant figure, but as a warm, funny and wise presence, often in a janitor’s uniform, offering advice that Bruce only understands too late. His calm contrasts beautifully with Carrey’s chaos.
It is a signature role because it is Freeman playing the ultimate authority figure — and making divinity feel kind, human and a little bit mischievous.