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Giving Steve Carell a long-overdue leading role in a mainstream Hollywood comedy, Evan Almighty is the sequel to the huge Jim Carrey hit Bruce Almighty. And while Carrey isn’t on the cast list this time round, director Tom Shadyac and Morgan Freeman are among the many returnees.
The focus of Evan Almighty switches to Carell’s Evan Baxter, last seen as a newsreader but now an elected official, who is chosen by God (Freeman) to build a new ark. And this ark needs, as you’d expect, to hold two of each species on the planet. Naturally, all the people around Evan think he’s gone mad, and this proves a healthy comedy mine that’s well exploited.
Evan Almighty isn’t without a few problems, though. The focus of the film isn’t always tight enough on generating the laughs, and Carell is surprisingly under-used. He’s on form when the material allows him to shine, but its often (admittedly impressive) special effects that end up taking centre stage, an odd road to choose for a comedy.
That said, Evan Almighty is still an enjoyable family comedy, and it’s not without rewatch value. It’s a fun little movie, and one that deserves extra credit for promoting Carell to top billing--that's a move long overdue. --Jon Foster
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Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of Bruce Almighty, is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new comedy Evan Almighty. Blockbuster comedy director Tom Shadyac (The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty) returns behind the camera for this next episode of divine intervention. This time, however, his cast grows two-by-two.
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 (Morgan Freeman) 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...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I was reluctant to watch this file as I thought that it might be similar to Bruce Almighty - fortunately my fears were quickly laid to rest. I found this film to be a lovely, gentle comedy and really great entertainment on a wet Sunday afternoon. What I loved about it was the script's complete awareness of the absurdity of the situation - a US politician (Steve Carell) told by God (Morgan Freeman)to build an ark, well in land and with no rain in sight - I winced with embarrassment for him more than once as the story unfolded, and yet at the same time I chuckled into my cocoa.
I don't think this proports to be an amazing film, and the ending is fairly predictable right from the start, but it is a happy, feel-good film and worth watching. I heartily recommend it.
I don't think this proports to be an amazing film, and the ending is fairly predictable right from the start, but it is a happy, feel-good film and worth watching. I heartily recommend it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this film. I found it was funny (I preferred it to the original). It also was not at all crude and totally suitable for children. It had good morals about the environment, power, greed etc and had an underlying positive theme re God and the Bible. All in all I don't think I've seen a film that has all these ingredients together which makes it pretty special in my book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Enjoyed this film more than I'd expected (low expectations due to the negative reviews on its initial cinema release). Steve Carell is terrific!Main thing I wanted to add to what you can already read in other amazon reviews is to mention how interesting I found the DVD extras. It was fascinating to see how they filmed with so many highly trained animals, how they built a full-sized version of the ark, how they combined the use of CGI with the live action, particularly for the flood scenes at the end (and to prevent predators gulping down prey animals!) and - above all- how the film makers (including a director with a really strong drive and vision) attempted 'green' film status. This included planting 2,000 trees to balance their carbon footprint, donating the reuseable timber from the sets (especially the huge ark) to a home-building charity (along with the money generated by melting down and selling the steel frames used under the wood laminate for parts of the ark). It makes sense doesn't it? As someone mentioned in the mini-doc, making a set with a view to its future disassembly for reclamation and re-use is very different from making one designed just for demolition. The director even bought bicycles for members of the cast and crew who wanted one (I think he was surprised how many took up his offer - 400!) The bikes were used during the film shoot - to reduce car use for short journeys. Now I know some of this will seem suspect - part of the promotional budget you could say, but I'd never come across any such attempt in the film industry before.
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Great, GReat, GREat, GREAT!!!!
It is just simple brrrriliant, great fun for the whole family.
Love to learn and explain for the children how important is for the family be together.
Love to learn and explain for the children how important is for the family be together.
Published 11 months ago by Ron
Fun Family film
Loved this movie and have already watched it several times. I think it may even top the first one Bruce Almighty. It is a very funny and moving film.
Published on 1 May 2010 by Mrs R Curtis
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I've seen the film before a few times, n thought it was time 2 buy the film. Its really cleverly done.
much better than Bruce almighty
much better than Bruce almighty
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by Ms. Nichola S. Morris
Funny cheese!!!
You know what you're getting from a film like this.......it's going to be cheesey!! As long as it's funny as well, it's all good; and this one is. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2009 by robnitez
Great Film
A very funny and highly entertaining film that has one of the best twists in the tail of any film I have seen. Read more
Published on 14 April 2009 by Troy Zinvane
Not nearly funny enough
Steve Carrell has had a rapid and deserved rise to fame with his relaxed but incisive comedy style. Sadly his many skills are not enough to save this lumbering mess. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2008 by Mr. Ross Maynard
God Bless God
Evan Baxter is a freshman in Congress, keen to get on, with a devoted wife and three sons. (A wife and three sons, that rings a bell... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2008 by Mr. J. Griffiths
Pure Comedy!
"Evan Almighty" is an entertaining flick in which a U. S. Congressman, played by Steve Carell, who is personally contacted by God, (aren't they all), portrayed by Morgan Freeman,... Read more
Published on 31 July 2008 by James Gallen
Wonderful, funny and a joy to watch
I love this thoroughly enjoyable romp, I've been looking forwards to watching this for sometime now and it did not disappoint. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2008 by Dazman
Very poor sequal to Bruce Almighty
I must confess I am bewildered by the reviews saying this was funny. I thought it was utter rubbish. Especially after Bruce Almighty was such a great film. Read more
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