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Evan Almighty (2007) -- God (Freeman) contacts Congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
Evan Almighty (2007) -- Clip: God asks Evan to build an ark
Evan Almighty (2007) -- Behind the scenes: Carell and birds
Evan Almighty (2007) -- Interview: Lauren Graham "On working with Steve Carell"
Evan Almighty (2007) -- God (Freeman) contacts Congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Tom Shadyac
Writers (WGA):
Steve Oedekerk (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 June 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
Tagline:
A comedy of biblical proportions more
Plot:
God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(48 articles)
Actor Presnell Dies
 (From WENN. 1 July 2009, 6:36 PM, PDT)

News: Stretch Armstrong Movie/SAG Strike Averted/Eddie Murphy Bombs Again
 (From SoundOnSight. 17 June 2009, 8:38 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Evan All-Gone-Wrong! more
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 122:30 PMHBO   

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bruce Almighty 2 (USA) (working title)
Bruce: The Second Coming (USA) (working title)
The Passion of the Ark (USA) (original script title)
A Volta do Todo Poderoso (Brazil) [pt]
Aman tanrim! (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Evan Allmächtig (Germany) [de]
Evan den allsmäktige (Sweden) [sv]
Evan le tout-puissant (Canada: French title) [fr]
Evan taivaanlahja (Finland) [fi]
Evan tout-puissant (France) [fr]
Evan, a minden6ó (Hungary) [hu]
Kõikvõimas Evan (Estonia) [et]
Noe gia mia vdomada (Greece) [el]
Regreso del todopoderoso (Argentina) [es]
Sigo como dios (Spain) [es]
Un'impresa da Dio (Italy) [it]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild rude humor and some peril.
Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

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Trivia:
Like the studio version of the Titanic, the Ark was only finished on one side. While the starboard side had hull-planking and painted detail, the port side was left rough. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When the storm surge dumps the Ark into the Potomac river, Rosslyn (a portion of Arlington) is visible in front of them. Rosslyn is on the other side of the river so it would have not been visible. Also, as they approach Memorial Bridge, they show Georgetown to the West of the Ark. Georgetown is on the east bank of the Potomac, and the river makes a big bend south at that point. We should have seen Arlington and Arlington Cemetery at that time. more
Quotes:
Joan Baxter: Is that a lama... with a hammer? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
One Love more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Evan All-Gone-Wrong!, 12 July 2008
3/10
Author: flyingonabluedream from United Kingdom

If like me, you enjoyed the first film "Bruce Almighty", my advice to you is not to get your hopes up too high; in fact disregard any hope you possess for this movie if you are above the age of 12 and have any film-sense at all.

Without giving too much away, the story sees Evan (Bruce's nemesis co-anchor from the first film) move home with his family to the Virginian suburbs to "Change the World" with a new political path. What follows is a rather far-fetched and quite 'silly' storyline, which is obviously set out to target young children as the main target audience. Unlike it's predecessor, Evan Almighty is a family orientated film with the ambiguous genre of 'comedy' tagged upon it's misleading position of 'sequel' to which some would regard a modern-day comedy classic that can be enjoyed by a slightly more mature, upscale audience.

Generally speaking, Evan Almighty comprises itself of terrible cinematic values. The acting; omit Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman, was rigid and many of the characters were seemingly thrown in to use up the unnecessarily large budget issued for the production. Additionally, the cast includes acting legend John Goodman who makes an appearance as a heel and is seen just a few times in the movie's entirety; I didn't quite buy the character though and thought the storyline from which he was involved in lacked depth even for a family comedy. Every other character in the movie (especially the wife and kids!) deserve a mention for their acting so cheesy it could fill a king-size Kiev. Be warned though; it is the typical Americanized cheddarfest associated with many mainstream family-orientated films, so I'd advise you defend yourself with the nearest grater in sight.

It may seem the movie is worthless thus-far, however, it does have -some- promising aspects. The CGI was outstanding and it was clear that a lot of time went into modelling the Ark and producing water effects and animation of the computer generated animals towards the end. The particles, renders and textures used were aesthetically stellar. Although part of me couldn't help, but think these were undeserving to a movie with such poor ideals and were, in my opinion, 'too good' for this piece of cinema and carried the movie throughout.

Overall I view this film as a disaster in terms of continuing what was a franchise with huge potential, but unfortunately it fell short to a bad conclusion in the Almighty series and approaching the end of the film I had set my expectations high for an epic and somehow meaningful finale to make up for the mediocre content I had so far witnessed. This wasn't the case and I was deeply disappointed and confused come the closing credits. As I sat discontent I couldn't help, but think the movie wasn't anywhere near as 'Mighty' as I hoped for. In many ways the film reminded me of a watered down "Night at the Museum" as it showed similar styling and characteristics, but unfortunately was leagues below even that.

I give this movie 3 out of 10, as it is watchable, but it's definitely one to be avoided! If you HAVE to see this film, be prepared for disappointment as 'mildly entertained' is the best you could hope to obtain in watching the said production.

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