GZ slams Evan Almighty
Filled with the same kind of soft, goopy preaching that spoiled “Bruce Almighty,” “Evan Almighty” has zero edge and does nothing to take advantage of Carell’s talent that was fully on display in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Little Miss Sunshine,” two comedies that had some bite.
Here, he’s stuck in the doldrums, unable to find a foil or, surprisingly, present Evan’s uncomfortable move to ark builder with his usual physical hilarity. Here’s hoping this isn’t the start of a long, downhill slide for the star of “The Office.”
It’s not really that much of a surprise that “Evan Almighty” is the summer’s first true stinkball. It appeared to be a reach to begin with — a sequel to a picture that wasn’t all that good that didn’t bring back the star of the show.
Still I will see it. T and I love schtupid humor
It’s movies like this that are the reason I don’t like Steve Carrell. Also, before I read the review I had no idea it was supposed to be a sequel to Bruce Almighty so I thought it was kind of lame that they would cast Morgan Freeman as God in an unrelated movie.
Wait, he played God in Shawshank Redemption too, didn’t he? Hehe
Comment by jschwa — June 22, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
I worried about this. I am a huuuuge Carell fan. But even I felt that this one would be a bomb just from judging the previews. Even looking at the pretext - who wants to see a comedy about a congressman who becomes Noah and rides around with a bunch of CGI animals? Really bad choice of parts on his part.
As far as I am concerned - the best Daily Show alumni movie ever made is STILL “Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story” (with Rob Corddry and Rob Riggle). 40 yr old virgin is next.
Comment by Mr. T — June 22, 2007 @ 9:29 pm