this be a flick doom from it conception . the very idea of it be lame take a minor character from a mediocre pg 13 film and and make a complete non sequel while change it tone to a pg rat family movie . i wasn not the least bit interested . then come the trailer . not only do it only confirm that the film would be unfunny and generic and but it also manage to give away the entire movie while and i be not exaggerate every moment and every plot point and every joke be tell in the trailer . it like a 3 minute cliff note version of the flick . so obviously i wasn not gon na pay to see it and but once it hit dvd and i think sure and i will watch it for free . maybe steve carell can save it . nope . i be still baffle a to why he sign on for this . he must have owe someone a favor . the joke be all so flat and obvious and and the director obviously ask him to go for very broad comedy style like the original bruce almighty jim carrey . but it just not funny . the studio obviously try to cash in on the success of 40 year old virgin and complete with several of carell past co star and a reference to the flick on a theater marquee and and another musical closing credit sequence . but even the talented carrell can not save this . his co star do not fare much well and with people like morgan freeman and jonah hill and and ed helm just waste . wanda sykes isn not waste and she just a waste in anything she do and and her horrible one liner and reaction just make you wish people would stop give her work . the story itself be just predictable and lazy . it pound you over the head with obvious foreshadowing and like evan disregard for the environment ( drive a gas guzzling humvee and opts to use wood from endanger tree for his house and hat animal and . ) and and by the end it just over the top preachy on both faith and the environment . why the movie be make at all be puzzle enough and but i really do not understand how it reportedly become the most expensive comedy ever . the only real effect work be the presence of all the animal and and the integration of those into the scene be some of the bad and most obvious blue or green screen work i have ever see . maybe the rental of the live animal on set cost a fortune . who know . but whatever it be that cost them so much and it do not translate to quality and that for sure . but hey and it wasn not the bad film of the year by far . there still plenty of bad dud like norbit and death proof .