Overview

Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a whiny TV news reporter whose human-interest stories don't interest him at all. His girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston) loves him despite his negative take on the world. But when Bruce is fired, he asks once again why God has decided to give him so much grief. It turns out that God (Morgan Freeman) is disguised as a janitor and is tired of hearing Bruce's complaints. The almighty offers Bruce his all-encompassing job, giving him absolute power for one week in the hopes of proving to him how tough it is to run the world.