God contacts congressman evan baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood. He appeared in christopher nolans dark knight trilogy batman begins 2005 and its sequels the dark knight 2008 and the dark knight rises 2012 as lucius fox. It stars steve carell and morgan freeman reprising their roles as evan baxter and god, respectively, with newcomers. I watched it without my 3 year old and 7 year old to screen the film, however i cannot wait to watch it with them. This spinoff of bruce almighty opens with upwardly mobile buffalo, n. Steve carell and morgan freeman star in evan almighty, a modern day noahs ark. The film was directed by tom shadyac, written by steve oedekerk, based on the characters created by steve koren and mark okeefe from the original film. Some time later, evan is with his family on a hike and talks with god morgan freeman. Meanwhile, evans family interprets his new hobby as a midlife crisis. Steve carell playing evan baxter as a congressman who is assigned a task by god morgan freeman to build an ark but with evan now in a position of power and with a family in a. Almighty movie starring steve carell and morgan freeman. Evan almighty is a hilarious movie with several usable discussion clips. Bruce almighty marked his first major film role, and in 2007 his character got a sequel, evan almighty, a modern take on the noahs ark tale costarring freeman reprising his role as god and.
Evan almighty is more a family film than adult comedy and unfortunately the end credit sequence is by far the best moment of the film 2 stars. The most recent home video release of evan almighty movie is august 6, 2012. I was not even going to rent it, however something made me do it. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Freeman also is a beekeeper after becoming concerned with the decline of honeybees, he decided to turn his ranch into a sanctuary for bees in july 2014, starting with 26 bee hives. It stars steve carell and morgan freeman reprising their roles as evan baxter and god, respectively, with. After a brutal turn as a sociopathic mob boss in paul mcguigans lucky number slevin 2006, freeman reprised his turn as god in the 2007 bruce almighty sequel evan almighty. When evan almighty gets political, just say noah the. The film is nominally a sequel to bruce almighty, although it bears little relation to the 2003 jim carrey hitexcept for the divine intervention of morgan freeman, who returns in his role as god.
Evan almighty is a 2007 comedy film, and sequel to bruce almighty 2003. In this guise, he tells her that god does not give things, but only the opportunity by which to obtain things, citing togetherness of families as one of these things. Everything you need to know about evan almighty movie 2007. He starred in rob reiners 2007 film the bucket list, opposite jack nicholson. Evan almighty n o one seems to have a single good thing to say about this movie, so lets reverse that trend. With jim carrey, jennifer aniston, morgan freeman, philip baker hall. If jim carrey plays his character, and if i was called on, i.
Evan almighty strongly lacks the hilarious jokes, the original hooks, and the ridiculous references that made bruce almighty so great. Lessons from evan almighty my family and i sat to see evan almighty after dinner this evening, thinking it might be entertaining, like its predecessor, bruce almighty. Evan almighty was released in cinemas on june 22, 2007. God summons narcissistic evan to build an ark in preparation for a flood. Steve carell evan baxter, morgan freeman god, lauren graham joan baxter, john goodman congressman long, john michael higgins marty, jimmy bennett ryan baxter, wanda sykes rita, jonah hill eugene, molly shannon eve adams, graham phillips jordan baxter. He said he couldnt believe that the movie got made. In this sequel, evan is a newlyelected congressman living in a suburban mcmansion.
Steve carell in evan almighty 2007 morgan freeman and steve carell in. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. Freeman appeared as god in the hit film bruce almighty and its sequel evan almighty. Evan almighty dvd, 2007, widescreen for sale online ebay.
In the film, evan almighty there are seven main parts to the movie consisting of. This movie evan almighty speaks volumes about those who are put into entrusted positions in our government, then engage in all. What marine recruits go through in boot camp earning the title making marines on parris island duration. They were at some fund raiser and morgan freeman was there and at their table. In evan almighty, steve carell picks up where jim carrey left off in the 2003 manmeetsgod comedy bruce almighty, in which carrell portrayed scenestealing, selfcentered newscaster evan baxter. Evan almighty is the follow up to bruce almighty but is a stand alone film and very much different in how it looks and feels overall when compared to bruce almighty.
Although shadyac returned to direct the sequel, neither carrey nor aniston was involved with the film, and carreys character, bruce, is never mentioned in the film. Evan packs his wife and three sons into the family hummer and heads to capitol hillwhere he meets congressman long, a seasoned politician eager to secure evans loyalties to get a bill passed. A concrete base was built to support the weight of the large ark. You might remember evan from the first of this series, bruce almighty. When morgan freeman prevails upon me to, say, part the border fence and let the illegal immigrants go, i hope that assignment proves more compelling than watching steve carell build an ark in evan almighty. Evans campaign promise and slogan was to change the world. Even carells character is much altered from his supporting part in the first film. Each of these different parts of the film contain many minor sequences of events leading up to these seven main parts. A guy who complains about god too often is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world.
Evan almighty is a 2007 american fantasy disaster comedy film, and a standalone sequel and spinoff of bruce almighty 2003. Watch evan almighty trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. It was directed by tom shadyac and stars steve carell, lauren graham, john goodman, and morgan freeman reprising his role as god. Evan almighty is a 2007 american fantasy disaster comedy film, and a stand alone sequel and. This is yet another example of how a film with jim carrey in it will make you laugh, but the evan almighty strongly lacks the hilarious jokes, the original hooks, and the ridiculous references that made bruce almighty so great.
Evan almighty isnt really a sequel to bruce almighty although they share characters god played by morgan freeman, and evan baxter played by steve carrell. This story is about evan who we met first in bruce almighty, now leaving his job as a tv news anchorman in buffalo, ny to become the newly elected congressman in washington d. This wimpy family comedy tries, halfheartedly, to fuse the planets ecological woes with much of the countrys religious convictions, while taking broad swipes at. When god appears with the perplexing request to build an ark, evan is sure he is losing it. Released june 22nd, 2007, evan almighty stars steve carell, morgan freeman, lauren graham, john goodman the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of 37 out of 100. Steve carell and morgan freeman star in this comedy thats a great time for everyone.
So you would think this academy award winning actor would have his choice of roles, but the 79yearold actor tells cinemovie that is not. The ark makes its way to the capitol building right in the nick of time before the new law on land and property gets passed. I have friends who have very very well off friends. A spinoffsequel, titled evan almighty, was released on june 22, 2007, with steve carell reprising his role as evan baxter and morgan freeman returning to his role as god. The loose sequel to bruce almighty, steve carell and morgan freeman take on a new project in evan almighty. Evan almighty comes to dvd with a boatload of special features. Little did i know, i would learn some valuable lessons from the movie. Steve carell is wonderfully ditzy as the object of gods direct affection and attention. Evan was the reporter who lost his job when jim carreys character bruce misused the powers god morgan freeman had allowed him to use for a day to see if it was as easy to be god as. After jumping from jim carrey to steve carell as lead actor, production of the film began in january 2006.
Evan almighty is the most expensive comedy film of all time. Throughout the film, morgan god is calmly persistent to pursue evan to build an ark. When universal pictures comedy bruce almighty arrived at the summer box office on memorial day weekend in 2003, it blew audiences and boxoffice records away. Steve carell, reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster evan baxter of bruce almighty, is the next one anointed by. The number 614 shows up multiple times throughout the movie to make a reference. After all, freeman has played god twice evan almighty, bruce almighty, and the united states president deep impact, but foremost he is one of the most respected and revered actors in modern day cinema. The cast wasnt funny and that rare from steve carell. This movie doesnt have as many funny moments as bruce almighty but steve carrells humor is also a different style than jim carrey who played bruce in bruce almighty. Only few people know that morgan freeman, at age 65, earned a private pilots license and owns at least three private aircraft. Steve carrel wanted take after take and for it to be perfect. Okay, they got that wrong, but its a movie after all evan almighty, well, quotes the bible once in order to pass itself off as a christian movie and it kind of ends thereoh, and the anthropomorphic animals help build the ark and stuff, so unlike the rock people of noah they are totally made up, instead of mostly made up. While evans networking on capitol hill with his staff wanda sykes, who gets the best lines, and character.
The plot was boring and cliche and a movie a 4 year old could write after hearing the story of noah. God tells evan that by building the ark and uniting people, he changed the world. The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and. Evan almighty 2007 stream and watch online moviefone. The 2003 film, which costarred morgan freeman as god, jennifer. Evan almighty is a cute, funny and heartwarming family movie with a thrilling ending that makes up for the movies theological missteps. Nine years after bruce almighty, universal is plotting a second coming. I think i would have to if they did it, freeman said. And a good example of the movies low brow side is the theater marquee shown to be playing a movie called the 40 year old virgin mary. Some time after joan leaves evan, god appears to her as a waiter at a diner, wearing a name tag displaying al mighty a play on almighty. And unlike the biblical flood, where all the wicked ignored noah and perished, in this movie gods love and mercy a new testament paradigm intervenes and not a single person is killed.
Morgan freeman takes on the role of god again, while carell assumes the metaphorical role to the story of noahs ark. With steve carell, morgan freeman, lauren graham, johnny simmons. Freeman played god in the first film, and the spinoff evan almighty. Evan almighty on dvd october 9, 2007 starring steve carell, morgan freeman, lauren graham, john goodman. Evan almighty was a surprising familyorientated film that exceded all of my expectations. Change the world, build an ark, one act of random kindness, youre noah. Morgan freeman would return for bruce almighty 2 slashfilm. After the success of dumb and dumber to, jim carrey has relaxed his. Steve carell morgan freeman lauren graham john goodman john michael higgins jimmy bennett graham phillips wanda sykes johnny simmons jonah hill molly. The cast of bruce almighty, then and now hollywood. Apparently god was answering universal pictures prayers for cash by showing them how not to make a hit movie. Although evan almighty has strong biblical references, it also has some scatological humor and theological problems. The 2003 film bruce almighty was one of jim carreys last bonafide hits, and also a movie that went just about as literal as possible with the idea that morgan freeman is god.