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No one seems to have a single good thing to say about this movie, so let's reverse that trend: the picture is always in focus and, well, at least it's not 96 minutes long. A reported $175m was squandered here and it's impossible to see where it went. Evan Almighty is said to be the most expensive comedy ever made - but it can't be, as comedies are supposed to be funny, something this most assuredly is not.
With such a massive amount of cash at stake, and a story that involves religion and politics,director Tom Shadyac has gone to great lengths not to upset anyone. Or amuse. Or entertain. Arriving at a time when few UK residents will be able to find anything even remotely funny about floods, Freeman's deity has Carell's congressman build an ark, more to spend time with his kids than to survive an impending apocalypse. A cast full of people who have been frequently funny elsewhere flounder in this deluge of sentimentality and CGI. Avoid like the Ten Plagues.
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Reviewed by Phelim O'Neill
Rating: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ = 1 out of 5 stars
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