Evan Almighty

Hey, think fast! How many animals did Moses have on his ark? Think, think, think!!!

No, silly. Moses didn't have an ark, Noah did. Hardy har, har, har.

That's about how funny Evan Almighty is. It's not a terrible movie. Just a little too clean for my liking. This would be a perfect choice for Family Home Evening. No dirty jokes. No swearing. Nobody dies. Nobody ooofs. Just clean family fun. Whoopee!!

This is somehow the sequel to Bruce Almighty, the movie that had Jim Carey in it that no one watched. I think Jennifer Aniston may have been in it, too. Morgan Freeman's still in this one playing God. Wanda Sykes is in it. So is the chubby, funny, White afro kid from Superbad. Oh, and Deena said that one of the Gilmore Girls plays the wife of Evan, who's played by Steve Carrell.

So, here's the summary. Evan is a newly elected congressman who is told by God to build an ark like Noah. That's it. One of Evan's campaign promises was to "change the world," so I guess God felt that Evan ark building qualified as such. For the rest of the movie, Evan physically transforms into a modern-day Noah and actually builds an ark. He grows a beard, wears the old clothes (from God), and builds the ark in his backyard. He even attracts all the pairs of animals just like Ace Ventura did in his pet detective movies. Why is this funny? It's not. But obviously, someone thought that reenacting a biblical tale during the 21st century would be humorous.

As for the acting, Steve Carrell was okay. He was definitely much better in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I think you gotta put the dorky, funny guy in raunchy movies to get that mismatched hilarious effect. Putting the clean comedian in the clean, Disneyish movie is just predictable and boring. Wanda Sykes was funny, as usual, when they showed her. Her voice and delivery always makes me laugh. Deena hates her. She's prejudiced. Just kidding. Morgan Freeman's performance was better than his Million Dollar Baby performance. Yeah, right.

Again, if you want a light, clean, family comedy to show your kids, than this is the safe pick. What is the key to changing the world? Doing one Act of Random Kindness at a time. Get it. Acts of Random Kindness. A.R.K. Ark. Yeah, apparently that was the moral of this story. Yup, that's the kind of movie it was. I give this movie two jackasses...