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2/4
ARK=Act of Random kindness
MovieAddict - wrote on 11/24/2013
Steve Carrel returns as Evan Baxter, who was in the previous film which starred Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan in "Bruce Almighty". The former boastful news anchor Evan is the newly appointed congressman who moves to a new fancy neighborhood with his wife Joan (Lauren Graham) and their three kids. However, his budding career in politics is put on ice when he is approached by God himself (Morgan Freeman) who tells Evan to build an ark because there is an impending flood in the D.C. area. Of course, Evan refuses to believe, and goes through all sorts of trouble to understand that this is no joke, and that the vision he had was real.
Morgan Freeman is exceptional as God and John Goodman is amusing as Evan's boss, a big bad congressman cutting corners to develop precious unspoilt land. I like …
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2/4
Shadyac delivers another sermon of a film
TheOtherRainMan - wrote on 07/12/2008
If there is one type of film I hate, its the films about religion. These are the films that usually contain the moral about how you must accept Jesus in your life to be saved and that the world is evil. "Evan Almighty", despite an all-star cast, is just as bad as those films with its message about how we need to follow God's will and such.
The plot really needs no explanation, but to those who basically live under a rock and not seen the COUNTLESS retellings of this story, this is what happens. God (Morgan Freeman) tells Anchorman-turned-Congressman Evan Baxter (funnyman Steve Carell) to build an ark. Everyone, including his wife (Lauren Graham), Wanda Sykes, Jonah Hill, and John Goodman, all tell him not to. "Hilarity" and preachy-ness ensue.
The one thing that this film does …
