A detailed study of normal-state magnetotransport properties in (Bi,Pb)~Sr2Ca2Cu30 thin films with a zero-resistance critical temperature T,0=105 K prepared by dc-magnetron sputtering on MgO substrates is reported. Measurements of the electrical resistivity, the magnetoresistance, and the Hall effect are analyzed with regard to contributions of the superconducting order-parameter thermodynamic Auctuations, using theories for two-dimensional, layered superconductors.We have obtained a consistent set of parameters, i.e. , the in-plane coherence length g,b(0) =1.6 nm, the out-of-plane coherence length g, (0) =0.14 nm, and the electron-hole asymmetry parameter P= -0.38. At temperatures below 118 K, we observe a remarkable enhancement (above theoretical predictions) of both the excess Hall effect and magnetoconductivity,whereas no such effect is detected for the zero-field paraconductivity.The above anomalies are attributed to a nonuniform critical temperature distribution inside our samples and can be well explained assuming a Gaussian distribution of T, s with a standard deviation 6T, =2.3 K. The excess Hall effect caused by superconducting fluctuations is negative in the entire accessible temperature range, which indicates, together with the paraconductivity and magnetoconductivity results that the indirect (Maki-Thompson) Auctuation process for (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu30" is vanishingly small at temperatures from T, to 130 K.(2D) to three-dimensional (3D) behavior in the vicinity of T, can be estimated. There has been a considerable discussion whether the results in YBa2Cu307 indicate a 2D behavior, ' with a possible crossover to 3D, or isotropic superconductivity. This question is of substantial interest with regard to the role of coupling along the c axis in the superconducting state.