Making fun of him, Ivan Baxter, a good congressman, who seeks to achieve Justice and reform, the thing that leads God to support him, by asking him building an ark, in order to avoid a disastrous flood, they regret going with him, as they have suffered from a strong flood that causes havoc and the death of many of them.
This is PG-rated proselytizing tinged with Al Gore self-righteousness, all with the narrative thrust of a film about the apocalypse starring Kirk Cameron.
Times-Picayune
October 23, 2009
The Bruce Almighty spinoff gets a touch preachy and saccharine at times, but it's still fun and funny enough to work as a nice, family-friendly diversion.
The Patriot Ledger
July 19, 2015
It all goes down about as smoothly as an apple in the Garden of Eden.
Loathed during its initial theatrical run, I fail to see the ultimate sin of Evan Almighty, outside of some painfully lazy screenwriting and irritating pace issues.
