Billy Connolly stars as Steve Myers, a lawyer turned fisherman who sues an insurance company and a church after his boat is destroyed by lightning, claiming it was an "act of God" and denying him compensation. Along the way, he forms a connection with a journalist, Anna Redmond, played by Judy Davis.

The Man Who Sued God
A fisherman's life is turned upside down after a devastating lightning strike destroys his boat, leaving him struggling to make ends meet as the insurance company refuses to pay out, citing the insidious phrase "Act of God".