布鲁斯（金•凯瑞 Jim Carrey 饰）是美国水牛城的一名记者。三十而立的他，不仅没有变得成熟和独立，反而还整天毛手毛脚，弄得自己诸事不顺。布鲁斯还不知自我检讨，总是把一切过错的责任推到别人或上帝身上。还好他的幽默颇受当地观众喜爱，才不致于他被电视台扫地出门。 　　这天，布鲁斯一醒来就霉运就来了：先是在床上烦躁得睡不着，接着女友做的早餐难吃得要命，跟着家里的狗竟然在沙发上撒尿了……布鲁斯忍无可忍，指着天空没完没了地大骂起上帝对他的不公。 　　上帝真的被他从天上骂下来了！上帝允许布鲁斯做一天上帝，管理这个世界。兴奋的布鲁斯发现自己真的无所不能了，他开始了自己疯狂的游戏……Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace . At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form and, endowing Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.