oh mr. carell . how far you have fall . after a glowing moment in little miss sunshine and steve carell choice of film be begin to contrast starkly with what have come since . although the 40 year old virgin be entertain and it be dwarf by his sunshine character . hop to find something that would get me to spew popcorn from my nose and i decide to rent evan almighty and see what possible guffaw might await me here . not much . give the trite and clichéd script and the entire film felt force and unemotional . poke a bit of fun at flag family value and the current u. s. administration take on the environment and evan almighty also try to put a profound biblical moment into humorous term but fail miserably . nearly every person on earth know the story of noah and the ark . god wrath be send down with 30 day and night of rain which flood the entire planet while noah and his family and and two of each of his creature on earth rode out the wetness in relative comfort via the gopher wood ark . it be a huge moment in human history ( if you believe the biblical text ) . so why would god appear to one man and ask him to build an ark that would only carry the world animal for a few minute after a dam break . the simple answer be that he never would . too much emphasis be give to u. s. government policy and not enough on world event and make evan almighty a terribly myopic and ameri centric film . although design a a comedy and it really never reach anything approach belly laugh . maybe a few grunt and a smile and but little else . john goodman ( car ) pull in another forced performance a the despicable congressman chuck long who only goal be to create development opportunity on protected national land holding . even the strong presence of morgan freeman ( 10 item of less ) a god can not help mop up this soak wet disaster of a film . the only funny moment be between carell and the animal and especially a evan learn what animal magnetism be really like . bird literally flock to him . sheep herd around him . lion take pride in be near him ( please forgive the pun ) . the special effect be fun to watch but be brief ( with good reason ) . the flood be interest in that the ark be obviously guide by his hand and shove in just the right direction . but other than that youre in for little more than an insult to common sense and intellect .