What is it about most movies geared toward a mainstream family audience that necessitates they be poorly constructed and two-dimensional like "Evan Almighty"? This sequel to that so-so Jim Carrey vehicle, "Bruce Almighty", offers up a tale of a news anchor turned Congressman (Steve Carell) who is chosen by God (Morgan Freeman) to build an Ark in preparation for "a flood".
During the disillusioned late-1970's Carl Reiner made the smart and funny "Oh, God!", a film about God's search for a spokesman in the form a so-called atheist grocery store employee played by John Denver. That film served up two sequels. The Almighty series is beginning to have a similar vibe, in a similar unpredictable time of emotional recession.
Unfortunately "Evan Almighty" dishes out plenty of morals and dogma, but short-changes on the humor that is promised by the tagline "a comedy of epic proportions". The film is cute and oh-so-wholesome, but its third act undercuts the entire film, much of the cast is under-used, and it's simply too preachy for its own good.
During the disillusioned late-1970's Carl Reiner made the smart and funny "Oh, God!", a film about God's search for a spokesman in the form a so-called atheist grocery store employee played by John Denver. That film served up two sequels. The Almighty series is beginning to have a similar vibe, in a similar unpredictable time of emotional recession.
Unfortunately "Evan Almighty" dishes out plenty of morals and dogma, but short-changes on the humor that is promised by the tagline "a comedy of epic proportions". The film is cute and oh-so-wholesome, but its third act undercuts the entire film, much of the cast is under-used, and it's simply too preachy for its own good.