We here at the Peach Basket don't get out to the movies too often. We are tragically and hopelessly behind the cinematic times. However, when we do see something of note, and particularly something of note that's being shown in heavy rotation on cable, we need to share that with you. Let the Basket be your guide.Evan Almighty (2007)
Director: Tom Shadyac, Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman
Ouch. This, friends, is a bad movie. My girlfriend called it “the worst movie ever”, but I’m pretty sure she hasn’t seen Toys, Jack Frost, or Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. That said, it is an amazingly bad sequel to an original that didn’t set the bar too high.
In fact, it’s not so much a less-funny sequel to Bruce Almighty than it is a less funny re-make of The Santa Clause. Same theme, same white-hair-and-a-beard gag, same spirit-withering emptiness as the final credits roll. Actually, that’s not fair. The Santa Clause had its moments, where as Evan Almighty never does. I didn’t think anyone could put Steve Carell on a screen for two hours and not inspire at least one belly laugh. Congratulations, Tom Shadyac, you proved me wrong. Not only did you prove me wrong, but you made me die a little bit inside, too. You took a cast of very funny people and made them as unfunny as possible.
Waste the two hours on this movie only if any of the following apply to you: You like Tyler Perry’s message, but not the black people he uses to deliver it; you thought the disaster effects in The Day After Tomorrow were a little too realistic for your taste; or you are a John Michael Higgins completist. Currently in rotation on HBO.
