History Film / TheManWhoSuedGod

* FrivolousLawsuit: The main character is a fisherman whose boat is destroyed by lightning, but he isn't allowed to claim damages from his insurance company because the lightning was "an act of God." So he sues God. (God is represented in court by clergymen.)

* BrickJoke: "God is ''our'' copyright."

* ImpossibleInsurance: Inverted. Steve sues God (through the clergy) because of his insurance company [[LoopholeAbuse exploited the standard loophole]] of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God acts of God]]" to prevent paying him.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: People ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuits_against_God have]]'' sued God in RealLife.

* FakeNationality: One extra refers to Billy as "Irish" when pointing him out. At one point Steve also mentions that he's "just a tourist from New Zealand", which is probably a nod to the fact that co-writer John Clarke originally hails from New Zealand, and was famous on New Zealand TV in the 1970s as the character Fred Dagg.

* NewscasterCameo: Chris Bath (one of the better-known SevenNetwork News Journalists) appears as a newsreader.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Steve drops his lawsuit in the end, commenting that it'll take years for him to pay off his legal costs. However, the clergymen, with financial resources that Steve hasn't got, then proceed to sue the insurance companies for 'unauthorised use of our Lord's name', with a subsequent news report of the insurance companies' stocks plummeting.]]

* FakeNationality: One extra refers to Billy as "Irish" when pointing him out. At one point Steve also mentions that he's "just a tourist from New Zealand".

* FakeNationality: One extra refers to Billy as "Irish" when pointing him out.

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Steve drops his lawsuit in the end, commenting that it'll take years for him to pay off his legal costs. However, the clergymen, with financial resources that Steve hasn't got, then proceed to sue the insurance companies for 'unauthorised use of our Lord's name', with a subsequent news report of the insurance companies' stocks plummeting.]]

''The Man Who Sued God'' is a 2001 Australian film starring Scottish funnyman Creator/BillyConnolly, who plays fisherman and retired lawyer Steve Meyers. His wife has left him, seeing the owner of the caravan park she lives in, and is thinking of leaving with their daughter. Despite Steve being close to her this suits him fine, spending his days on his boat with his dog, until lightning destroys it. When the Insurance companies refuse to pay on the basis of it being an act of god Steve contemplates legal action, before his local church gives him the idea to sue god instead, holding the Insurance agencies responsible for using god as a legal loophole.

''The Man Who Sued God'' is a 2001 Australian film starring Scottish funnyman BillyConnolly, who plays fisherman and retired lawyer Steve Meyers. His wife has left him, seeing the owner of the caravan park she lives in, and is thinking of leaving with their daughter. Despite Steve being close to her this suits him fine, spending his days on his boat with his dog, until lightning destroys it. When the Insurance companies refuse to pay on the basis of it being an act of god Steve contemplates legal action, before his local church gives him the idea to sue god instead, holding the Insurance agencies responsible for using god as a legal loophole.

''The Man Who Sued God'' is a 2001 Australian film starring Scottish funnyman Billy Connolly, who plays fisherman and retired lawyer Steve Meyers. His wife has left him, seeing the owner of the caravan park she lives in, and is thinking of leaving with their daughter. Despite Steve being close to her this suits him fine, spending his days on his boat with his dog, until lightning destroys it. When the Insurance companies refuse to pay on the basis of it being an act of god Steve contemplates legal action, before his local church gives him the idea to sue god instead, holding the Insurance agencies responsible for using god as a legal loophole.

The Man Who Sued God is a 2001 Australian film starring Scottish funnyman Billy Connolly, who plays fisherman and retired lawyer Steve Meyers. His wife has left him, seeing the owner of the caravan park she lives in, and is thinking of leaving with their daughter. Despite Steve being close to her this suits him fine, spending his days on his boat with his dog, until lightning destroys it. When the Insurance companies refuse to pay on the basis of it being an act of god Steve contemplates legal action, before his local church gives him the idea to sue god instead, holding the Insurance agencies responsible for using god as a legal loophole.

This attracts the attention of news writer Anna Redmond (JudyDavis) who attempts to guide Steve through the legal minefield as well as the MediaCircus. During the trial the two begin a relationship.

* AmbiguousNationality: One extra refers to Billy as "Irish" when pointing him out.