ROTTEN TOMATOES: Teaser Bulletin: Steve Carell in "Evan Almighty"

Teaser Bulletin: Steve Carell in "Evan Almighty"

by Scott Weinberg | November 03, 2006

In most cases, a sequel that's missing its original leading man is NOT a good thing -- but for some reason I still have fairly high hopes for "Evan Almighty." Oh yeah, I remember the reason now: Steve Carell.

Click here to visit ComingSoon.net and enjoy the teasery goodness.

And here's the plot synopsis from the CS gang: "In the Tom Shadyac-directed follow-up to "Bruce Almighty," Steve Carell reprises his role as Evan Baxter -- the polished, preening newscaster of the first film -- who finds himself the next one anointed by God (Morgan Freeman) to accomplish a holy mission.

Newly elected to Congress, 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 wife (Lauren Graham) and kids just can't decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions..."

Sure to be one of next summer's biggest comedies, "Evan Almighty" opens on June 22nd. (Hey, it's got Steve for the grown-ups and all those animals for the kids: Surefire hit.)

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Xavier Telouran writes:
on Nov 03 2006 06:05 AM

They're monkeys... and they're drinking coffee! Brilliant!

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South_park300 writes:
on Nov 03 2006 07:18 AM

i think it looks funny. carell rocks!

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NoneMoreBlack writes:
on Nov 03 2006 08:22 AM

um... so.... i'll admit it, it looks hilarious...

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MovieSamurai writes:
on Nov 03 2006 08:33 AM

looking good!

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insanemansam5 writes:
on Nov 03 2006 03:09 PM

I'm sure this isn't a popular opinion among the RT elite but I'm actually really looking forward to this film Carell is awesome, Freeman was a great fit as god, and this trailer is hillarious. Could be one of the few really good live comedy sequels.

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agentjames007 writes:
on Nov 03 2006 04:24 PM

"Whenever I shave the beard just grows right back!"

"That's why you shave...and then you shave again!"

Haha pretty funny

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TheIceGhost writes:
on Nov 04 2006 04:50 PM

See, now THIS is how sequels should work. I'm not saying this is going to be good or not, but I love how they did it. Instead of making a crappy 2nd movie with the same character in another ridiculous situation (with a story that is 9 times outta 10 un-needed), they move on to another character in the same 'verse and tell his story (and makes sure to have the same actor from the 1st film to reprise his or her role). If I ever made movies that's how I'd do it, kinda like a Kevin Smith thing I guess.

I hope this one is good; Carell was hilarious in Bruce Almighty so, who knows.

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