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(1 - 43) of 43 OFCS Rating: 23% Rotten Page   1   C- "Sometimes it's best to just leave average alone."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 2.5/5 "Evan Almighty is expertly forged to be a superficial audience friendly phenomenon, the kind of movie that has critics and the cultured scratching their heads over its continued success."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B "As a crowd-pleasing, undemanding matinee diversion, Evan Almighty is a far more satisfying production than Bruce, and that, to me, is a great thing."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 2/5 "The critic in me screams but the family man completely understands."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 3/5 "They sure spent a lot of money on this movie."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/5 "While the cast manages to pull a few slight chuckles from the proceedings, it's not enough to keep Evan from being little else than flimsy hackwork."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius B- "Smartly done: 'Evan Almighty' is a preposterous, moderately funny film that will warm the hearts of millions."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2.5/4 "Better than Bruce by at least two turtle doves and a 40-year-old virgin..."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth B- "A tolerable sequel to Bruce Almighty."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "By all accounts, Evan Almighty shouldn't work, but it kind of does."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "With Carell in the lead, it sails along smoothly and merrily, with enough laughs and feel-good messages to help it overcome its inherent weaknesses."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "Its funnier that a film made to offend the fewest of people is intent on just crapping on as many possible within its frames."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 1.5/4 "Really just a two hour sermon about the meaning of the story of Noah's Ark, and an exploration into the bible's deeper meanings. Which wouldn't be so bad, if the film didn't pretend to be just another family comedy..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. D "A soggy mess...To think it's any good would require a supreme act of faith."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Evan's ark offers refuge for the lions, tigers, elephants, and other animals from distant habitats, but they, like us, would have been better off just staying home."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "While I admit that Evan Almighty isn't as ineptly constructed and poorly realized as its predecessor, this still isn't a wise investment of anyone's entertainment dollar."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/10 "I have no clue where anyone would come up with this idea and why they thought it would be funny, but, worse yet, it's not even utilized in a way that makes it worth the time."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 2.5/4 "Nominal sequel to Bruce Almighty finds Steve Carell assigned Noah's job. Once you stop laughing at that, there's not much left."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 4/10 "Every decent bit is in the trailer, which means someone spent nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to make a funny 90-second advertising spot."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "Evan Almighty belongs to that sorry cinema subgenre, Comedy without the Funny Bits."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 2/5 "click for full review"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2.5/5 "Evan Almighty is sweeter than it is funny, but it sure looks good...interesting thought exercises do not a raucous comedy make."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Karina Montgomery 1.5/4 "Maybe I'm nuts, but beyond the mediocrity on display, I started to see the seeds of what could have been a masterpiece..."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest C "Rumored to be the most expensive comedy ever made, the laughs come at a high price in Evan Almighty, as much as $50 million per snicker."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 1.5/3 "Se ha llegado a promocionar Sigo como Dios como una comedia que intenta recuperar ciertos valores cristianos, y no es del todo falso. Aunque reír no hace reír a nadie, bien es cierto que yo hubiese preferido estar en misa."   Off-Off-Critica   MalaBesta 1.5/4 "Loses its footing well before it gets all heavy- and under-handed. I think it's at the second poop joke. Maybe it's the third poop joke, but I guarantee it is well before the fifth and sixth poop jokes."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "I wasn't just bored... I was actively disgusted that so much money was spent on a film that is so poorly written, and so inconsistent and incoherent..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 1/5 "We as an audience are to believe that "God" (the Christian version of course) would seek the aid of a white politician to build an ark to save less than a hundred white people in suburbia, yet he chose to do nothing about the Holocaust?"   Film Threat   Michael Ferraro 3/4 "Evan Almighty is proof that you can make a mainstream movie dealing with religion in a way that's meaningful without ever sacrificing entertainment value. Amen to that."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "The warm likeability and atomic-clock comic timing of Carell, Lauren Graham (television's "Gilmore Girls") as his wife, and Wanda Sykes as his Congressional aide -- and the quick running time of just over 90 minutes -- keep it mildly entertaining."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2/4 "Evan Almighty simplistically preaches the value of faith, and its overriding belief is that beneficial societal and familial change can stem from "one act of random kindness.""   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager "Evan Almighty is a seriously screwed-up big budget special effects comedy drama whose message is in total opposition to its form and execution."   DVDTalk.com   Paul Mavis 3/5 "Entertaining enough to be a big hit, but the script is badly underwritten."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline D "It simply regurgitates what marketing research has told it we want to hear, along with a few shots of pooping birds in a vain attempt at laughter."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "Evan Almighty requires a strong suspension of disbelief from anyone with an IQ higher than a slug's."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford C "For a premise with unlimited possibilities, director Tom Shadyac and screenwriter Steve Oedekerk are awfully small-minded."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 1.5/4 "The Citizen Kane of fecal films."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "For a movie that's supposed to be about reconnecting with God and ourselves, and cherishing the Earth we live on, Evan Almighty is a surprisingly dispassionate picture."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek C+ "Offers an inoffensive message of conservationism and family togetherness, leavened by bestiary slapstick. Harmless, diverting, very mildly uplifting … [but] bland, generic and unchallenging."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 5/10 "This only mildly amusing sequel is stultifying, self-righteous, sanctimonious - desperately needing divine intervention."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 2/10 "Unapologetically, aggressively unfunny."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 0.5/4 "God (Morgan Freeman) is not at all unlike Br'er Rabbit, whose amorality was often a positive force against white masters--and just as often a destructive force against all."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 1.5/4 "Religious rhetoric attached to a flimsy plot on the strength of family and the power of government corruption. There little that's new and there's little that's funny."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell  (1 - 43) of 43 OFCS Rating: 23% Rotten Page   1