Who has seen Evan Almighty ? reviews .. ?

Answer 1

OK, Bruce Almighty was one of a kind, good and funny. Evan Almighty is not Bruce Almighty, we gathered that. Question, why would we expect it to be? For once I am glad this movie took a slightly different direction to be something more than a mere sequel, and I believe they have totally done it. It doesn't even feel like there was a Bruce Almighty before it, if it wasn't for Morgan Freeman who is always great to see. And yes, Steve Carrell is not Jim Carrey, yet who cares? Jim Carrey is good but he is overrated. I don't like Steve Carell really , and wasn't expecting much from him or this movie to be honest after having seen this summer's sequels and "blockbusters", but boy am I glad to be able to come in here and leave a positive comment.

This movie totally did it for me. Maybe it wasn't as funny as B.A. but it was funny enough. It was well built, the script and the plot felt complete enough, the acting was very good, the effects great. Most importantly, I followed the entire movie without being annoyed or getting bored, and I even laughed a lot. And the ending, oh I just loved the ending. The kind of climax that Superman Returns so desperately needed but lacked poorly. Now, there were some little things that raised questions or seemed forced, like "How come there were so many kinds of animals just in that specific forest; while it was obvious that only that area was in need of saving, and not all the animals or beings of the world". But, that's the kind of things you can let slip by, 'cause it's just not that relevant.

I had read bad reviews about it beforehand, and wasn't expecting much, but they were really wrong. I am not afraid of going too far when I say that even though I liked all the other great movies of this summer like Pirate of the Caribbean 3, or Spiderman 3, or Fantastic 4 etc, they lacked what this movie gave me, a feeling of completion and satisfaction. I was able to honestly say in the end: "I liked it" which I haven't said once this summer. I don't know why so many people are giving bad reviews about this film; it's a good one and they're just being too harsh and expecting I don't know what.

Go see this movie and try to enjoy it without prejudice. Trust me, you will.

In the end; I would give this movie a 7.5 or 8 score out of a total 10.

Answer 2

And it came to pass that a Voice with the celestial intonation of Morgan Freeman came to Steve Carell and said, ''Comedy superstar!'' And Carell said, ''Who, me?'' And the Voice said, ''I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac, of Bruce, and of sequels!'' And Carell said, ''I gave at The Office.''

But the Voice continued: ''It is time! I want you to star in Evan Almighty, where you will play Evan Baxter, the character you were back in 2003 when you took a small role in Bruce Almighty as a babbling newscaster and stole the show from Jim Carrey. I want you to play the same Evan, only this time you've been elected to Congress, and you've moved into a fancy, wasteful house where you don't pay enough attention to your wife and three sons, and so God — played by Morgan Freeman, of course — comes to you and says he wants you to build an Ark! And thus will you learn about humility, family togetherness, prayer, acts of random kindness, and ecological integrity. And lo, you will please the faith-based community and attract your own comedy congregants, too, and it will be good! Or at least profitable.''

And Carell said, ''Riiight,'' although not quite like Bill Cosby said it four decades earlier in his own famous comedy skit about Noah and the Ark, the one where God went on about cubits and stuff. But because he is a decent fellow, and a smart man, Carell made good on the prophecy, starring in a movie not so much divinely inspired as nailed together by blunt force using splintered two-by-fours. When the star gets the chance to be the Evan Baxter beloved in the first Almighty production — a shallow, self-involved media twit, a blow-dried blowhard — Carell is, well, a god. Nobody tackles a scene in which a vain man attends to his own nose hairs with more gusto.

When he goes all biblical, though, the tide goes against him, and against any chances of honest comedy charm. (Tom Shadyac directs and Steve Oedekerk writes, as they did on the first.) In the beginning, Evan is understandably miffed by God's work order, especially since the freshman representative is about to get a power boost from an alliance with a sleazy, environment-destroying congressman (played by John Goodman with the full force of corruption propelling his ample flesh). God insists, though, plying Evan with fewer and fewer wardrobe choices and more and more Old Testament hair — a reasonably funny setup, especially for a man obsessed with nose hair.

It's when Noah sees the light, and he and his family begin working in harmony, that the story takes on water. Although Wanda Sykes, as Evan's executive assistant, and Ed Helms, as (what else?) a preening yutz of a TV reporter, do what they can to keep the edges sharp, nothing can offset the picture's dutiful Sunday-school intentions or the generic qualities of the CG animals that follow Noah in twosies. The message is so good-hearted, so inarguable, so dull. And here's the punchline: Turns out that ARK stands for Acts of Random Kindness. Riiiight. C+

Answer 3

The reviews I've read, in magzines, newspapres & online, have been universally bad. BAD. *REALLY BAD!!*

But I haven't seen it, personally.

Really disappointing, too, because I liked Bruce Almighty & think Steve Carrell is great.

Answer 4

Well if you want to see it based on Bruce All Mighty, forget about it.... Evan All Mighty is ahhh Ok i guess!

Answer 5

I saw, and let me tell you it absolutley sucks!! Rottentomaotes rated it 1 and a half out of five stars. There is absolutley no humor, i think bruce almight aws way better.