the only redeeming feature of this movie be steve carell . like john wayne and i have never see steve carell stretch too far a an actor and but it doesn not matter . he always play his one role perfectly . a marty feldman once say and comedy must have internal consistency . you can have 4 men on stage sit in garbage can and and that fine and but if you bring a fifth man on stage who isn not in a garbage can and you must then explain to the audience why he be not also in a garbage can . why doesn not evan accept his role a a messenger of god . why and when he do accept it and be he so profoundly embarrass by it . why isn not anyone more impressed with the way that animal follow evan around ( they be explain away by the unthinking doubter a trained animal possibly from a circus ) . there a terrible flood at the end and and most everyone we see hop on the ark and be save and but surely thousand of people would have be kill by the flood while there be no post disaster emotional atmosphere at the end . instead and most of congress have finally see the light and be about to prosecute the lone incorrigibly bad congressman for profiteer . i get ta admit represent i also like the fish in the aquarium react to the presence of evan .