Evan Almighty

The amazing thing about Evan Almighty is not the special effects, nor the comic talent of Steve Carell, but how $175 million bucks was squandered on a movie so unfunny. To see that the most expensive comedy of all time barely has a laugh to show for it. No, because every half-laugh that there is in the film is in the trailer. It feels like they spent all that money to make a comedy whose laughs were compressed into a 3-minute advertisement.

Actually, it feels more like a Sunday school lesson instead of a comedy. Whereas it's predecessor, Bruce Almighty, balanced the morale AND the laughs, (while keeping it under a steady budget), this is the absolute opposite. The morale is bloated at the expense of the laughs, and all they did was spend money, money, money.

Congressman Evan Baxter is successful, has a great family and a huge house. But God soon shows up, telling Evan to build an ark an load animals and people on it, as a huge flood will soon occur. Now, God makes Evan's hair grow rapidly and demands he wear a ragged, torn robe. Ha ha, we get it, he looks like Noah, and despite the best scene in the movie comes of this, the joke is vastly overused and, evidently enough, gets old.

Steve Carell was on a real hot streak, with Little Miss Sunshine and Over the Hedge. And his performance is much, much better than the script, but still falls slave to it. The movie tries to be too much, but really, falls prey to every family movie cliche in the book.

Truly, this is a most terrible movie. Even if you liked Bruce Almighty and are a fan of Steve Carell (like me), you won't like this movie...Don't see it, I beg you. D