Having read all those negative comments before, I was rather skeptical about EA, but while watching I realized that one should have taken this movie just for what it really was. It's not a comedy (from an adult perspective, that is), and it's not a sequel to "Bruce Almighty". What a huge mistake to bill it as a sequel to that different kind of a film! Evan could have been anybody here, and the plot has nothing really in common with BA. And why is Evan almighty, by the way? Totally wrong title.
OK, so EA is a children movie, and surprisingly a rather good one. It may look predictable and plain to grown-ups, but for a child it would be awesome. And not only due to the special effects and those stupendous trained animals. The simple, straightforward messages about "acts of random kindness", family values, and faith work very well in many instances. Of, course, grumpy old men may rant about Evan's easy chatting with God, about the wife abandoning him first and with no care for medical help, about the hordes of animals gathering around him only in some inappropriate moments, or about the under-exploited talents of Lauren Graham, Wanda Sykes and John Goodman.
And now let me put in my own joke (for the adult viewers let down by the lack of real humor in EA). It looks like these days we need God's direct intervention, a flooding and an ark to impeach a malevolent congressman.
OK, so EA is a children movie, and surprisingly a rather good one. It may look predictable and plain to grown-ups, but for a child it would be awesome. And not only due to the special effects and those stupendous trained animals. The simple, straightforward messages about "acts of random kindness", family values, and faith work very well in many instances. Of, course, grumpy old men may rant about Evan's easy chatting with God, about the wife abandoning him first and with no care for medical help, about the hordes of animals gathering around him only in some inappropriate moments, or about the under-exploited talents of Lauren Graham, Wanda Sykes and John Goodman.
And now let me put in my own joke (for the adult viewers let down by the lack of real humor in EA). It looks like these days we need God's direct intervention, a flooding and an ark to impeach a malevolent congressman.