Evan Almighty Critic Reviews

A movie far less interesting than its premise. It is also slightly less interesting than its hugely popular predecessor, "Bruce Almighty."Read the full review

It's mildly diverting for kids and families in a way that would be perfectly fine as an ABC Family cable project.Read the full review

Carell is lovable as God's unwilling disciple. But the comedy is less than divine.Read the full review

It's an almighty, humorless bore.Read the full review

I really hope Evan Almighty doesn't become a surprise hit with a niche audience (Christian, environmentalist 8-year-olds?). Too much worldly success might tempt Steve Carell away from the righteous path of making movies as dark, weird, and funny as he is himself.Read the full review

Amusing in pieces but, taken as a whole, it offers little, and the morality lesson is galling.Read the full review

This is movie-making by and for dummies, a sappy little bible story, blissed out on its own ineptitude.Read the full review

Carell is getting quite good as these everyman characters but lacks the audacity of, say, a Carrey or a Robin Williams. He is making comedy out of dullness.Read the full review

The message is so good-hearted, so inarguable, so dull.Read the full review