Review of Evan Almighty (2007) by Vguru R — 12 Oct 2014

Steve Carell has excelled in both comedy and drama--I mean, he's been in both Anchorman films, The 40-year Old Virgin, and The Office, but at the same time he's shown another side of himself in films like Little Miss Sunshine and The Way, Way Back.

This year alone, he has both a comedy and a (Oscar worthy) drama coming out. I love Steve Carell... except when he's in films like EVAN ALMIGHTY. This is a sequel to the hilarious Jim Carrey movie Bruce Almighty, in which Carell's character from BA, Evan Baxter, becomes a newly appointed Congressman, and moves to Virginia.

While there, he gets told by God (Morgan Freeman) to rebuild Noah's Ark in preparation for a great flood. Evan Almighty, in my opinion, is also Carell's WORST film to date. The film was so boring, and I barely laughed.

As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure I didn't laugh at all throughout that movie, and it's filled with a lot of characters with a tendency to say only idiotic things. While the story itself is just a retelling, of some sort, of the story of Noah, it is executed poorly.

There weren't a lot of redeemable qualities for Evan Almighty, and this was a film I was hoping to be good since its predecessor was great, and Carell was fantastic in it too. That's not to say Carell was horrible in Evan Almighty, but no where close to how funny he is in other comedies.

Most of the supporting actors were trash too, except for Morgan Freeman and John Goodman (no exceptional performances though). I was surprised to see Jonah Hill though. The most shocking thing about Evan Almighty was that it had the same director from Bruce Almighty, Tom Shadyac.

You would expect him to deliver on a movie revolving around a character in one of his previous films. In the end, ignore Evan Almighty, and go check out its predecessor instead, it's far more entertaining than this piece of trash.

I hate talking like this about a Steve Carell movie, but, all in all, Evan Almighty sucks - 3.9/10.