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Evan Almighty (2007)

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Reviews Counted:190

Fresh:44

Rotten:146

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: Big on special effects but short on laughs, Evan Almighty underutilizes a star-studded cast that includes Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman.

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Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for mild rude humor and some peril

Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.

Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Theatrical Release: Jun 22, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $100.3M

Synopsis: Newly elected to Congress, the polished, preening newscaster, Evan Baxter, is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission--walking in... Newly elected to Congress, the polished, preening newscaster, Evan Baxter, is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission--walking in the footsteps of Bruce Almighty. Evan leaves Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled family just can't decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions. [More]

Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Johnny Simmons

Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, Jimmy Bennett, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Molly Shannon, Ed Helms, Rachael Harris, Larry Dorf

Director: Tom Shadyac

Director: Tom Shadyac
Screenwriter: Steve Oedekerk
Producer: Dave Phillips , Gary Barber , Ilona Herzberg , Matt Luber , Michael Bostick
Studio: Universal Pictures

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The Bruce Almighty spinoff gets a touch preachy and saccharine at times, but it's still fun and funny enough to work as a nice, family-friendly diversion.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
Oct 23, 2009
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

Horrid, Tim-Allen-was-not-available treacle

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Aug 27, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Only Wanda Sykes, as the movie’s obligatory reaction-shot deadpanner, exhibits a functioning wit.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Apr 23, 2009
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Boston Phoenix

This movie isn't about logic, faith or family, and doesn't have many laughs except when baboons carry things -- that's always funny. It's just mindless summer popcorn.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
Mar 3, 2008
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

It makes sense that the sequel to 2003's hit Bruce Almighty should star Steve Carell instead of Jim Carrey. Hilarious as Carrey was, everyone knows Carell stole the show...

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment 2 Comments
Feb 28, 2008
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

Really just a two hour sermon about the meaning of the story of Noah's Ark, and an exploration into the bible's deeper meanings. Which wouldn't be so bad, if the film didn't pretend to be just another family comedy...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Jan 6, 2008
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Heaven help parents if Hollywood stops making silly, good-natured, PG-rated family comedies.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
Nov 19, 2007
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Carell's morality tale much milder than Carrey's.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
Oct 31, 2007
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

Evan Almighty could have been a lot worse, but anything with Carell has--or had--the potential to be a lot better.

Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
Oct 19, 2007
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

For long after the waters have subsided, there remains a very wide gap between havoc and hilarity.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
Sep 21, 2007
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

Unapologetically, aggressively unfunny.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2007
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

While Bruce Almighty was an inventive and often hilarious parable about divine intervention, Evan Almighty is mighty short of laughs.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
Sep 6, 2007
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There are more jokes in any chapter of the Book of Job than in the whole of Evan Almighty.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
Aug 11, 2007
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

A FUN comedy of epic Biblical proportions with Carell in fine form.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2007
Mark Adams
Mark Adams
Sunday Mirror [UK]

Should have been a lot more amusing than it turns out.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2007
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Safety over satire at almost every turn.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2007
Sukhdev Sandhu
Sukhdev Sandhu
Daily Telegraph

Even the finest of actors would require a miracle when working with gags centred, predominantly, on bird droppings.

Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2007
Dave Kopel
Dave Kopel
thelondonpaper

Avoid like the Ten Plagues.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2007
Phelim O'Neill
Phelim O'Neill
Guardian [UK]

One very expensive flop.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2007
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Staggeringly unfunny.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2007
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
 
 
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