Evan Almighty
God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
- Director: Tom Shadyac
- Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
- Tagline: A comedy of biblical proportions
- Runtime: 96 minutes
Cast
Steve Carell : Evan Baxter
Morgan Freeman : God
Lauren Graham : Joan Baxter
Johnny Simmons : Dylan Baxter
Graham Phillips : Jordan Baxter
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Newly elected to Congress, former local television newsman Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) leaves Buffalo and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia, where his congressional campaign declares he will change the world without explaining how he will do so. On his first job, he meets Marty (John Michael Higgins), Rita Daniels (Wanda Sykes), and top congressman Chuck Long (John Goodman). Soon after his arrival, strange things start to happen: animals follow Evan without any apparent reason; he grows a beard that immediately reappears no matter how many time he shaves; eight vacant lots in Evan’s neighborhood are purchased in his name; ancient tools and wood are sent to his house; and the number “614″ appears everywhere he goes.
Evan soon learns the number indicates a verse in the Book of Genesis, in which God instructs Noah to build an ark. Later, God (Morgan Freeman) appears and commands Evan to build a replica of Noah’s Ark in preparation for a deluge. His family initially believes he is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis; later, his sons suspect something greater is occurring and assist him in the construction of the ark, although his wife Joan (Lauren Graham) does not. Reappearing, God tells Evan the flood will come at noon on September 22.
Film screenshot showing two men are sitting inside the partially-built ark. The man on the left has his hands resting in his lap and is wearing a tan robe and has a long, brown beard. The man on the right is wearing all white and has his arms crossed. He has a black and white mix goatee and hair. In the background is blue, slightly cloudy skies.
Animals later follow Evan to Congress. When he explains the reason for this, Chuck Long suspends him. Joan, upon seeing a news report that features the Ark, takes their three sons to her mother’s house, thinking to abandon Evan. Evan then builds the Ark alone, gaining international notice. Some time after Joan leaves Evan, God appears to her as a waiter at a diner, wearing a name tag displaying “Al Mighty”. In this guise, he tells her God does not give things, but only the opportunity by which to obtain things, citing togetherness of families as one of these things. Seeing his meaning, Joan returns to Evan to finish the Ark together. Meanwhile, word reaches Evan that Chuck Long has commissioned a dam and has cut corners in doing so.Read more
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