Synopsis
Junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish is to "change the world" is heard by none other than God. When God appears with the perplexing request to build an ark, Evan is sure he is losing it.
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Cast
- Steve CarellEvan Baxter
- Morgan FreemanGod
- Lauren GrahamJoan Baxter
- Johnny SimmonsDylan Baxter
- Graham PhillipsJordan Baxter
- Jimmy BennettRyan Baxter
- John GoodmanCongressman Long
- Wanda SykesRita
- John Michael HigginsMarty
- Jonah HillEugene Tannenbaum
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L.A. Weekly
What makes the film transcend its limitations is Carell, whose square, "Father Knows Best" demeanor belies a supreme comic self-confidence and whose implacability in the face of the movie's CGI-intensive animal antics can be marvelous to behold. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
The message is so good-hearted, so inarguable, so dull. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Carell is getting quite good as these everyman characters but lacks the audacity of, say, a Carrey or a Robin Williams. He is making comedy out of dullness. - 50
Variety
It's mildly diverting for kids and families in a way that would be perfectly fine as an ABC Family cable project. - 50
ReelViews
Amusing in pieces but, taken as a whole, it offers little, and the morality lesson is galling. - 50
New York Post
Carell's frantic mugging as a modern-day Noah barely keeps Evan Almighty afloat. - 40
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Evan Almighty runs out of comic invention early, and the filmmakers fall back on what real politicians do when they exhaust their small stash of ideas: brainless piety. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Bland jokes and lazy contrivances.