Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192867422
Format: AC-3
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD61028674D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-10-09
Running Time: 96
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-06-22

Evan Almighty is a comedy for all ages that "you don't want to miss" (Kim Griffis, NBC-TV)!

Everyone's favorite funnyman Steve Carell is at his hilarious best as junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish to "change the world" is heard by none other than God (Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman). When God appears with the perplexing request to build an ark, Evan is sure he is losing it. But soon mysterious deliveries of wood and tools are being dropped on his doorstep, animals of every shape and size are flocking to him two by two, and his self-absorbed life goes from overnight success to almighty mess! It's a great time for everyone!

Steve Carell rides the wave of 40-Year-Old Virgin stardom (and a biblical flood) in this bizarre, effects-heavy comedy about a modern-day Noah's ark. The film is nominally a sequel to Bruce Almighty, although it bears little relation to the 2003 Jim Carrey hit--except for the divine intervention of Morgan Freeman, who returns in his role as God. Even Carell's character is much altered from his supporting part in the first film; here, Evan Baxter says goodbye to the news-anchoring business in favor of his job as a naive freshman congressman. When God orders him to build an ark and prepare for an impending inundation, Evan sheepishly takes on the task (it's hard to turn down the job when your hair and beard grow to Old Testament lengths and God wants you to walk around in sackcloth).

Carell gets to do silly dances and mix it up with a variety of animals (real and computer-generated), all of which reminds us of the film's family-friendly tone and the PG rating. The kid stuff works just fine, although the religio-environmental message-mongering makes this a most curious kind of Hollywood blockbuster. When the flood comes, the film shifts into a mammoth-sized CGI extravaganza, recalling the era of overstuffed techno-comedies such as 1941 and Howard the Duck (and not to be nit-picky, but the tsunami-like disaster that overtakes Washington, D.C., looks as though it would snuff out the lives of quite a few citizens). Capable comic support comes from John Michael Higgins, Wanda Sykes, and Jonah Hill, with John Goodman and Lauren Graham filling out stock roles of fatcat politico and loyal wife, respectively. Carell is even better at being sincere than being funny, a talent that comes in handy here and bodes well for his future versatility. --Robert Horton

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Family Movie
Comment: It is a great movie. I saw it in the theater and liked it so much that I bought it. It was just a fun movie with all the animals and led us to a discussion of Noah in the Bible. Wish there were more movies out there like it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very funny :)
Comment: Good story, lots of laughs. Has an environmental message and a don't let work be your life message and a God knows what's best for you message and all without seeming preachy.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great movie with a great message.
Comment: I was pleasantly surprised when this movie was not irreverent, as I had expected. It had a great message about integrity and courage in the face of many odds. I'd recommend it to anyone.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Cute. Quaint.
Comment:
Kind of like a three-year-old amusing us all by pouring his breakfast over his head (and haven't we all had three-year-olds who have done just that?), EVAN ALMIGHTY is cute, yet peculiar (in an interesting sort of way, of course). Yes, we have animals, and sight gags, and Steve Carell yucking it up, and John Goodman getting a face full of mammal spit, yet underneath it all there is a vague feeling of vapidity--a twinge of lethargic insipidness. (And those will be the last big words I'll use all review, I promise.)

As freshman Congressman Evan Baxter, Carell brings his wife (Lauren Graham) and three sons to the Beltway to "change the world." Little does Representative Baxter know just how drastically this "change" will be, when none other than the Big Guy (Morgan Freeman) handpicks him to build an ark--not with today's tools and technology, but with good ol' Old Testament elbow grease. So Baxter builds, becomes a pariah to his family and his peers, sprouts instant long hair and beard (which I thought was pretty cool), teeters on the verge of losing everything. . .until goodness (and water) triumphs in the end.

Shoot, Carell could be funny reading the phone book, so he carries this flick like a 'puter geek wears peach fuzz. Goodman's okay, Freeman is funny and idyllic (oops, just plugged in another big word), Wanda Sykes is just plain annoying. EVAN ALMIGHTY is cute and marginally fun. Just keep that box of Fruit Loops away from the three-year-old.
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The most preposterous, ridiculous, ENJOYABLE film I've seen in a long time
Comment: From a "logical" point of view, the plot of this movie is preposterous. But if you have retained any portion of that "kid" inside you, you can enjoy this film right along with the "real" kids in the family.

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