By Ryan Parsons | Images property of Universal Pictures.
To be completely honest, I think Evan
Almighty looks like it could be better than Bruce Almighty. Though Carrey has absolutely no involvement in the sequel -- unless he has a secret cameo -- there is no better man than Steve Carell to pick up the reigns.
That being said, Universal Pictures has begun to screen Evan Almighty and the first response (we have heard of) is positive.
Evan Almighty Screening Report
The good people over at AICN have received a screening report for Evan Almighty. Though the 'reviewer' initially criticizes the film's subplots, he concludes by highly suggesting the film. Go figure!
Now, with all of that being said, I am going to wholeheartedly recommend the movie.
There is one thing I neglected to mention: It is riotously funny. Steve Carell alternates between the broad and the subtle masterfully. He can wring every last drop of humor out of sheer anxiety, evidenced by a brilliant scene inside a congressman’s office where the fish in the fish tank all crowd around his body. He moves from one side, to the other, and they follow him, collecting around his head as he nervously tries to hide this fact from the congressman, played by John Goodman. It’s like the scene in Naked Gun between Leslie Neilson and Ricardo Mantalban, only subtler, and funnier. The film also does well to capitalize on Carell’s talent for base, cheap physical gags, most of them, as we would expect, pain and/or hair related (Kelly Clarkson!!!!).
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