evan almighty ( 2007 ) steve carell and morgan freeman and lauren graham and johnny simmons and graham phillips and jimmy bennett and john goodman and wanda sykes and john michael higgins and jonah hill and molly shannon and ed helm and ( cameo represent jon stewart a himself ) strain equel to bruce almighty with carell jerk anchorman evan baxter leave tv to begin his stint a a freshman congressional rep have his hand full when god ( freeman reprise his holy role while jim carrey wisely avoid the call ) demand he build an ark like noah and the hilarity ensue ( or should have ) . the godforsaken sitcom y script by steve oedekerk and joel cohen and alec sokolow be absolutely lame and only carell amiable persona transcend his vain evan into something resemble a human be . the end result be a lot of bird poop gag and overall bloat ( reportedly cost $ 175 m for the cgi f or x ) . sykes steal the show a evan sarcastic assistant . sacrilegiously unfunny . ( dir represent tom shadyac ) .