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Title: Evan Almighty (2007)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Steve Carell | ... | Evan Baxter | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | God | |
| Lauren Graham | ... | Joan Baxter | |
| Johnny Simmons | ... | Dylan Baxter | |
| Graham Phillips | ... | Jordan Baxter | |
| Jimmy Bennett | ... | Ryan Baxter | |
| John Goodman | ... | Congressman Long | |
| Wanda Sykes | ... | Rita | |
| John Michael Higgins | ... | Marty | |
| Jonah Hill | ... | Eugene | |
| Molly Shannon | ... | Eve Adams | |
| Harve Presnell | ... | Congressman Burrows | |
| P.J. Byrne | ... | Evan's Staffer | |
| Ralph Louis Harris | ... | Evan's Staffer (as Ralph Harris) | |
| Arden Myrin | ... | Evan's Staffer | |
Buffalo newsman Evan Baxter is elected to Congress with the slogan, "Change the world." He lucks into a huge house in a new Virginia suburb. His Capitol office is also fantastic, but there's a catch: he's tapped by the powerful Congressman Long to co-sponsor a bill to allow development in national parks. In steps God, who appears to a disbelieving Evan and gently commands him to build an ark. Tools and wood arrive in Evan's yard, animal pairs follow, his beard and hair grow wildly, nomad's clothes and a staff appear. Long grows impatient, Evan starts building, his family leaves him, reporters gather, and drought grips D.C. Still, Evan believes. But will he change the world? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Honestly one of the two most disappointing movies I have ever seen (the other being Big Top Pee Wee). Let me first state that I was really looking forward to this movie. I really liked Bruce Almighty (part one). I also thought the idea of having the sequel being centered around the Noah story was a strong idea. I felt you bring back Steve Carrell and bring back Morgan Freeman. That is was an interesting way to get by without Jim Carrey. Afterall Steve Carrell is a rising Hollywood star the next Jim Carrey or Will Farrell. I saw the clips of Steve with his beard and Noah get up the visual looked funny to me. I thought there was room for some funny scenes with Animals.
Honestly I was wrong dead wrong. The only animal getting really any valuable screen time were the Baboons the animals were hardy in it. I think most were just stage dressing done with CGI. Honestly the script for this movie needed a total overhaul. You will watch this movie and think you are being treated like you are some kind of moron. The worse thing about this movie though is it is not funny probably the directors fault because everything that should be funny just isn't.
Again as for the script, weird things start happening to Evan. And Evan rather than try to convince people that something strange is going on .just seems fine with everyone thinking he is crazy. A good example is one morning Evan wakes up with a beard. He tries to shave the beard. In second the beard grows right back. So rather than show his wife, family, and friends this .he simply lets them think he is crazy. I mean seriously, if some man you knew grew a full beard overnight (or really in one second) would you not think something strange is happening instead people think Evan is crazy. Then, animals following Evan around everywhere he goes in pairs. But rather than thinking something strange is going on everyone thinks Evan is crazy .look people you can see the animals follow Evan around he does not have a leash on. It is one thing after another that leaves you going HELLO SCRIPT WRITERS ARE YOU FIVE YEARS OLD! So again, this movie was painfully bad. I really feel I needed to write a review. About 30 minutes into this I was going .wow I am so bummed .I looked forward to this movie ..and unfortunately it was total crap. Don't waste your time on it. This movie was rumored to cost like $200 Million to make let them lose money on it because the people deserve better than to be treated like total morons. I could not be more disappointed.