Bruce Almighty Review

Messages: Bruce learns to not blame fate or God for everything that goes wrong with his life and his career, and that his actions, no matter how well-intended, have consequences. The positive messages are undermined by a turnaround that doesn't feel entirely sincere.

Role models: Bruce begins the movie as a jealous, spiteful, petty person, who, when he receives great powers, uses them to humiliate his rival and peek up women's skirts. Ultimately, he learns to accept his current position in life, and grows to find contentment by making the best of his situation.

Violence: A character gets beat up by thugs after trying to defend a homeless man. A character is hit by a semi-truck. While not paying attention while driving, a character drives into a streetlight and wrecks his car.

Sex: With supernatural powers, a man raises a woman's dress on the street, exposing her panties. During foreplay, this same man uses these powers to work up his girlfriend into a highly aroused state. Later, he points at his girlfriend's breasts and says that they've gotten bigger. References to breasts being "perky," jokes about Playboy and Penthouse Forum magazine.

Language: Frequent profanity: "f--kers," "s--t," "ass," "hell." A character uses the middle finger gesture.

Consumerism: Not an issue

Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters drink wine at dinner, but do not act intoxicated.