Evan Almighty

[DAMN iNATOR]

Thoughts on the upcoming sequel to Bruce Almighty? I personally don't think it will be nearly as funny as anything Jim Carrey as lead actor could do, but I guess we'll see. It releases stateside July 22 to theaters everywhere.

[Mr Regal]

I'm sure i viewed a trailer or clip of this.

Pretty sure it will suck ass.

Jim Carrey carried the film. As far as i am concerend it was a one off high concept comedy. I wish hollywood would leave these things alone.

If it turns out to be good i will be so shocked i may pass out for a second or two.

[Boondock Saint]

eH. Doesn't look all that funny. I'll see it if I get around to it. Didn't think Bruce Almighty was all that great either...could have been funnier given the premise.

I do like Carell though.

[YOUR Hero]

Carell might make this work. Highly doubt I'd go see this in theaters. Hell I haven't even gotten around to see Pirates3 yet.

[Kris P Lettus]

This looks pretty bad but everything Carrell's been in has been good..

:dunno:

[Kane Knight]

Bruce Almighty is a great idea that would have been better without Carrey.

Evan Almighty looks like the usual "can't get the lead back, let's throw out something half as good for half the price."

Morgan Freeman as God, however, is awesome.

[KingofOldSchool]

I'll probably go when I can see it for $5, but I doubt it'll be that good.

[mitchables]

Explain to me how this will not be the exact same idea as used in the first film. Man gets God powers, runs rampant and learns lesson, right? Come on.

[Kane Knight]

Apparently, this time he builds an ark, rather than being all-powerful. ;)

[Outsider]

Loose Cannon.

[mitchables]

Apparently, this time he builds an ark, rather than being all-powerful. ;)

But he's still going to run rampant and learn a lesson, right?

[Kane Knight]

But he's still going to run rampant and learn a lesson, right?

But it won't be the exact same. :p

Naw, I'm just messing around. Looks like the same deal.

Except Evan seems to learn his lesson through humiliation.

[YOUR Hero]

At least it's not just another mindless slasher movie.

[Jeritron]

At least it's not just another mindless slasher movie.

If you're referring to Saw and Hostel, don't insult mindless slasher movies like that

[Kane Knight]

At least it's not just another movie that aspires to one day be half as good as a B-Rate mindless slasher movie.

Fixed for Jeritron.

[D Mac]

Probably will download it.

[Avenger]

Thief

[Avenger]

BTW this will suck but Carrell>Carrey

[YOUR Hero]

If you're referring to Saw and Hostel, don't insult mindless slasher movies like that

I'm referring to mindless slasher movies. Like the 2 dozen or so that come out every year.

[Requiem]

It has potential to be really good. Dunno if it will, but I have faith in Carrell

[Jeritron]

I'm referring to mindless slasher movies. Like the 2 dozen or so that come out every year.

Like what? All this new gritty horror isn't mindless slasher movies. I'm talking Freddy, Jason, Myers. There hasn't been a real movie slasher since Scream

[YOUR Hero]

Don't focus on the word slasher.

[weather vane]

EVAN ALMIGHTY!

[Kane Knight]

Here we go, for people too lazy to look down

[Kane Knight]

Don't focus on the word slasher.

Do you think it's an epidemic? A lot of people are doing this of late.

[Nervous Ferret]

Did Tony Danza not make this exact movie about 10 years ago?

[Nervous Ferret]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158828/


Yeah he did. This movie had a few of the gags in it that I have already seen in the trailer. (Shaving and having the beard grow back instantly)

Only instead of Morgan Freeman as God 'Noah' had Wallace Shawn (RIP)

[Kane Knight]

Who actually watches Tony Danza movies?

[NeanderCarl]

Evan Almighty looks like the usual "can't get the lead back, let's throw out something half as good for half the price."

You may well turn out to be right on the former, but not the latter... apparently the budget is fucking HUGE.

[Kane Knight]

I really just meant the actors.

[Kane Knight]

Which might also be wrong, I know.

[SammyG]

It looks soooo terrible. I will not be watching that crap.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Well, I don't know about early reviews from anywhere else but the local paper here actually gave it a 6/10, which shocked me, because I was expecting anywhere from a 1-3/10 from the local publication.


Evan Almighty
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Christian themes permeate sweet family comedy
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The benevolent, godly presence of Morgan Freeman comes out as a born-again tree hugger in "Evan Almighty." He's an Almighty on the lookout for a new Noah to build a new ark because of what we're doing to His Creation.

It's a gentle, warm, "big tent" big-budget comedy with all the rough edges rubbed off. Not an edge to be found. You'd be hard pressed to find something in "Evan" that would offend.

Of course, the best comedies push the envelope, tweak mores and spear sacred cows. "Evan" does none of these and suffers mightily for it. But there are family-friendly (and Christian-accented) charms and laughs in this blend of "Oh God!," "Ace Ventura" and "Field of Dreams."

Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) is a Buffalo TV news anchor who has won a seat in Congress. His party isn't identified. But he's a TV personality. He makes a big show out of praying. His first purchase to celebrate the career change is a HumVee. His second is a McMansion in a newly clear-cut valley in the Virginia suburbs.

And he has won his seat by promising to "Change the World." God (Freeman) takes him up on it. Evan may be all set to sell out to the development committee chair (John Goodman) who wants him on board his "Pave the National Parks" bill. But Mr. "One nation, under Me" has other plans.

God starts out subtle, rubbing the General Electric label off Evan's alarm clock until it reads "Gen 6:14," as in "Genesis, 6:14." That's the chapter and verse of the Bible that has to do with boats and gopher wood. But Evan has to have it spelled out.

Evan's wife (Lauren Graham) and kids are confused when trucks start dumping loads of timber in the vacant lot next door, when Dad's beard starts growing like mad.

Rather than giving supernatural powers to a jerk and having him reform, a la "Bruce Almighty," this Almighty takes a conservative TV anchor and congressman and makes him walk the walk and not just talk the talk. His faith is put through a Job-like series of tests.

That's actually a clever conceit, as are all the things they borrow from "Field of Dreams." God's message, about practicing random kindness and preserving creation, is a sweet one.

You don't have to be a Christian, past or present, to warm up to "Evan Almighty," but it helps. God's zingers and his little intervention with Evan's wife are as positive an exploration of his "mysterious ways" as the movies have ever had. Credit Freeman for this.

But Carell, in a variation of his sweet, clueless, but not utterly stupid character, doesn't do enough to hang a movie on.

All the animal and animal-poop gags, the little dance Carell's character does (repeated, by everybody, in the closing credits) and all the expensive animal and ark effects simply don't add up to huge laughs.

As summer comedies go, "Evan" isn't heaven sent. It's just standard Hollywood fare, cleaned up for the Christian audience that Universal prays will show up.
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Evan Almighty
• Stars: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham

• Director: Tom Shadyac

• Review: 6 out of 10

• View the trailer: www.evanalmighty.com (http://www.evanalmighty.com/)

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[Champion of Europa]

I get to see movies for free and I won't even watch this.

[gatoconbotas]

This just looks bad.
Review's I've read give it roughly a 1.5/5 stars.
I enjoy Carrell, but....I'll netflix it eventually, I'm sure.

[Boondock Saint]

Made a little over $11 million last night...on a $200 million budget, that is not good...not good at all.

[Kane Knight]

I forgot it was even out. Will probably see it when I can cheap.

[YOUR Hero]

I went to see it with the wife. We really liked it. It's better than I thought it would be. In fact I'd go see it again with the kids. Very good family movie. That's most likely not going to appeal to a lot of you guys here, but for me, a guy with kids and looking for good stuff that we can all see together, this thing worked.

[The Naitch]

yeah, I saw it last night. The kids loved it. So did the wife. We went for ice cream after