Bad Movie Beatdown: Evan Almighty (REVIEW)

[@FilmBrain]

Originally posted in March 2010, this is a re-edited version that removes about 44 seconds worth of footage. As usual, most of the cuts are to tighten up the pacing and make film clips shorter, although I've also boosted the audio of the film clips considerably. There's a couple of moments where my lines are slightly clipped at the end, and those were there when the review was originally made. I should also explain the "Lordhebe is God" joke: that's the username of my friend Chris, who used to co-edit and write on my Bad Movie Beatdown episodes. If you're wondering where I've been, I had food poisoning last week, so I had to take some time off. I've also been up to visit Oliver Harper and Richard Jackson to join them for their review of Justice League: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoG7lpeca7Ktntk Currently working on some new reviews, including a Bad Movie Beatdown crossover, I'd figured I'd put a little something up while there was a small lull in content (to tie in with the releases of Battle of the Sexes and Last Flag Flying), so enjoy!

[@kasrakhatir]

Film Brain I love you. And I do mean it in that way

[@Dd8505]

Oh God 😔😣😔spelled it out for me personally there Mathew..and also a fabulous review whether I agreed with your thoughts or not....Fantastic appearance at Oliver Harper yesterday too man you smashed it keep going!!!!

[@John190assman]

A crossover? I am in!

[@Hornetog9vp]

Film Brain wait shouldn't it be OARK not ARK. since it call one act random kindness

[@jameselphingstone7817]

Film Brain oh well I hope you feel better "GOD BLESS"

[@DryBones271]

This movie is inccortly named. In the first movie, Bruce was given the powers of god (Hence the name) In this movie, Evan is given... a vision of a flood that comes to destroy the city... that's not "Almighty" that's.... a premonition... so the movie should be "Evan's vision of what is to come"

[@Glimmerling]

Yeah. Evan and the Almighty would have made more sense and still fit their need to refer to the first film.

[@katedoes...9783]

Evan’s Ark perhaps :)

[@katedoes...9783]

Evan’s Ark perhaps :)

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

Kate Does ... thats a much better title than the one we got.

[@scottloessel6493]

Yea but they wanted to be clear it was technically a sequel

[@chanilastname7217]

This just shows that no matter how good the cast is or how extravagant the effects are, the script is what matters.

[@DemonBoy3223]

*Trivia Fact:* In 2007, director Tom Shadyac had experienced a near-death bicycle accident that left him with severe post-concussion syndrome, after which he had some renewed faith and directed a documentary called _I Am._ Last I've heard of him, he has apparently retired from filmmaking and is now a film teacher at the University of Memphis.

[@akiameko1984]

One thing that really bothered the shit out of me, even in comparison to the rest of the movie, is that Evan literally predicted the exact moment the first rain in months would start, weeks in advance... And their response was to mock it for being a micro burst. Even with the Noah thing, wouldn't even most of the assholes ask how he did that?

[@GoldenCommentator]

Most people aren't very intelligent and probably only cared about the destructive flood part of the prediction, so when that didn't immediately happen they went with the public shaming.

[@jekblom123]

My friend and I liked the first one so we went to see this. First time I ever remember forcing myself to laugh at a movie. Wanted to convince myself I was having fun...

[@gibby7616]

I'm gonna keep this #ShortAndSweet; There was absolutely no damn point for anything in this movie... The animals would've been better off staying where they came from, like the polar bears, since the flood only affected the local area/region

[@mw9688]

Fun fact: There is an alternate ending where the dove takes one last shit on him.

[@RichterPhallos]

I really enjoy your reviews. "Why is it always empty!?" had me rolling.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

I think what worked for the first Bruce Movie wasn't just Jim Carey but at the same time it was still an adult comedy. You take that and then down grade it into a family movie and you get....yeah. You get this.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

2:59 "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" is playing in the opening scene of this movie. A movie the main plot of which is preparing for the biblical flood's modern equivalent. *SUBTLE!!!!!* And what do we have at 5:43? The old 'Overworked dad is forced to miss x activity with his family' clichè. Wow.

[@catalinamelo9932]

Gregory House THIS MOVIE IS SO BAD IT HAS NO (MORAL) RIGHTS TO USE A CREEDENCE CLEARWATER SONG. FUCK YOU, MOVIE, FUCK YOU.

[@bromodragone8405]

God damn it!

[@JamiJR]

Technically the second flood isn't caused by God at all, it's caused by humans. God's just trying to save people endangered by other people. People forget that because of free will God CANNOT control humans, just try to influence them. I'm not saying this is a good movie, just that God is not really causing this flood.

[@MartianManHunter2258]

3:29 Wait Tom Hanks!?

[@lsgreger2645]

I love that guy! He was the blonde guy on Bosom Buddies right?

[@dimitrescu182]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it

[@thesocialistroman]

Lol I was surprised too!

[@scottylewis8124]

@Jurassic Hero unfortunately yes

[@kgraves2269]

Is the third one going to be with Ed Helms? I wonder what story they would go with next.

[@mw9688]

Samson and Delilah ....and it will star Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving... There will be a scene where Hugo shaves her head too.

[@Kingdom007Hearts]

To be fair: Jon Stewart has the best joke of the movie

[@ctkachuk08]

This is the most incorrect use of a colon since my ex-girlfriend insisted we experiment with pegging.

[@devinharbert6071]

I Laughed as off at that Line from Jon Stewart Because the other gags were Cringeworthy and Unfunny

[@Saintnick90]

The funny thing is before this movie came out, Rob Riggle had a bit on The Daily Show where he played a movie critic and panned the movie, not because he thought it was bad but because he was jealous of Steve Carell for breaking away from The Daily Show and becoming a big star. Then the movie came out, and it turned out he was right to pan it. Also, it's hard to tell from that clip if Matthew even knows what The Daily Show is. (I'm pretty sure they were showing it in the UK at the time, and they still are.)

[@polk-e-dot8177]

This is one of my favorite movies. Its terrible, has good actors giving terrible performances, has a religious theme despite messing up large parts of the noah story. aaahh much cringe too. how can you not love this movie!

[@olayamihalik4453]

The only part I liked in this movie was the end credits dance scene. It was the only part that the cast actually got to do anything funny.

[@polk-e-dot8177]

Olaya Mihalik really? I always thought that was funny, in a cringey way.

[@justakarefreekiwi659]

Bruce Almighty is one of my favorite movies, and I loved this movie when I was 10. The only difference is, 10 years later, one of these movies is still amazing to me (take a lucky guess). This is the review I never knew I needed

[@Twiztaphate]

For someone who doesnt like doing sequels, Jim Carrey has one of the greatest sequels ever made "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" btw, where the "Law Abiding Citizen" BMB?

[@FilmBrain]

Apparently Carrey hated making Ace 2, according to man of his co-stars, which is why he didn't do another until Dumb & Dumber To. Funnily enough, never got around to Law Abiding Citizen, but it is on the to-do list at some point.

[@DemonBoy3223]

What I'm saying is a bit late, but seriously, Carrey hated making _Ace Ventura 2_ ?! This is just me, but I thought that sequel was hilarious, I love the scene when Ace makes a "short-cut" through the jungle to the consulate building, especially when he sings "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Or the scene before where it looks like Ace is driving on what is believed to be a very bumpy road but pans out to Ian McNiece showing the road is normal and he's looking at Ace like "What are you doing?", that was funny.

[@lunabearsong2043]

@@DemonBoy3223 Agreed! The 2nd one is awesome!

[@GatorRay]

@@FilmBrain Also glad he stuck with being fine with sequels again for the live action Sonic films.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

@@GatorRay Well, he's not as big of a star as he used to be, so his ego came back down to earth.

[@BAMikeyD]

Ugh. "Eve Adams" ... ugh.

[@davidwhiting5630]

All that water no one died?

[@destroyerblackdragon]

Jeez what a rip off.

[@Delightfully_Witchy]

The Hulk destroys whole cities and still gets to be considered a pure hero, but God floods one community and suddenly he's a bad guy! There's no justice in the world. ...I hope I didn't just invited a storm of awkward comments.

[@bromodragone8405]

Hold on, Tom Hanks was an Executive Producer!?

[@katietaylor8314]

"People said I was *crazy* to build this ark!" "You *are* crazy - you filled it with same-sex animal couples!" "Hey - there are parts of the Bible I like and parts I don't like."

[@scottylewis8124]

My review quote on the DVD: This isn't funny. It's terrifying.

[@Swybryd-Nation]

Mr. Plinkett: “STOP DANCING. STOP DANCING. STOP DANCING”

[@bobbyflynn6352]

This is what happened to Michael after he moved away with holly

[@yuurou7927]

My teacher showed this movie in literature class to add some visual to Noah's Ark. My instinct told me that this movie gotta be shit, guess I was right.

[@marcocappelli2236]

Louis Belmont A teacher of mine showed 300 in the class to (not) teach about Sparta...

[@03bgood]

What is this, a satirical parody of 2012?

[@Lava91point0]

Itv2's most prominent feature, 2nd to The Mummy Returns lol

[@samkresil6011]

14:13 i don't know, man. This was actually the first time I've heard this reference before I realized this was from Jaws.

[@mitchellhorton9382]

Oh snap, this is going to have Baby Brain in it?? I love these old ones

[@kate-sf6lo]

Can you make review about bruce almighty too?

[@scottylewis8124]

At least Carrell made up for this by reuniting with Carrey in Horton hears a who.

[@TMOR99]

I actually really liked this movie. With that said, I agree with some of your points, That damn dance isn't funny, and ret-conning his old personality bothered me from the start. Though I did find this review to be very nit-picky.

[@StareachValcin]

I enjoyed Evan Almighty and Morgan Freeman's portrayal of the Almighty God. 17:40 - 17:52 funny punishment.

[@lunabearsong2043]

Matthew, I love your channel! I'm agnostic, and the part where you take time to assure God that you aren't disrespecting Him but the movie's version of God is a jerk is absolutely accurate and hilarious! Keep this up, man!

[@CineFunStudios]

I think it was possible that Bruce was the one growing Evan a beard and removing his clothes. Think about it

[@bromodragone8405]

I know I shouldn't be defending this film but maybe Evan changed his ways when he got married.

[@disappointedoptimist8659]

We need a big man in the sky to fix our problems ALL HAIL THE SKY WIZARD!!!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

14:00 I remember UK Critic Mathew Bond describing this as 'a dam break and flood which would shame Thunderbirds!'

[@ivantrajkovski5055]

what do u think about the new movie of this branch i cant remember the name a of right now but its like bruce almighty just aliens gave him the powers because idk

[@Stormkrow280]

The opening theme kicks ass I love it

[@scottylewis8124]

I wonder when the nostalgia critic will review this.

[@jasondouglas152]

You deserve 100k + subs

[@jessica23claire]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the name of the bill is SINPLAN. goDDDDDD...literally and figuratively...

[@JustinCoasters]

15:17 Pretty sure Cats exist in DC

[@mb2000]

Rollercoaster Rider I think he meant cats didn’t originate in North America and so they wouldn’t go extinct because of a flood in the US.

[@HBarnill]

To be fair, Jon Stewart was the best part of the film for me.

[@gracekim1998]

You have a point about the wrath thing 😅

[@kate-sf6lo]

It wasnt a comedy... I felt sorry for Evan, that hes life was ruined by a crazy self righteous man, he was fired from his job and became worlwide known as crazy. I hoped for a happy ending but I was dessapointed. The worst part is that the villain was never punished! Bruce almighty was less bad but still bad.

[@scottylewis8124]

6:17 this scene wouldn't look out of place in a psychological thriller.

[@kurtdenter1799]

Yes! Finaly - the ep with the best end joke :D

[@gracekim1998]

Well you see😅 as a person, you have to do things to make it happen. You don’t just pray (if you’re religious)😅 just to point that out

[@dreamlandnightmare]

$200-million for this? Where did the money go? 2012 had 50 times the disaster effects shots as this, but had the same budget!

[@TheSkully343]

I miss Professor Celluloid

[@idongesitusen5764]

Remember how in Bruce Almighty the main protagonist tried answering everyone's prayers and made a mess? Why not try that concept with Evans prayer; show how the best prayers are sometimes those left unanswered?

[@shellbacksclub]

Its not even a goofy or unique looking dance! It just looks like how every white guy dances at a club! Ugh this movie!😠

[@YTWarrior100]

1:40 Dumb and Dumberer was a prequel. Jim Carrey wasn't even gonna return for that anyway. That has nothing to do with his sequel reluctance.

[@FilmBrain]

The prequel largely came about because Carrey refused a direct sequel for many years. It was around the same time New Line did another Carrey-less sequel, Son of the Mask.

[@sharonpereira4501]

When it comes to what people watch from the past and the present.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

9:07 DAMN THAT WAS STRAIGHT UP BLUNT😳😬

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

This has the same amount of shit jokes as the emoji movies. And that a character literally made of shit.

[@125loopy]

Also, according to the Bible, the animals didn't show up 2 by 2. Only the unclean ones (elephants, snakes). The clean animals (goats, cows) showed up by 7s. It's so hilarious when christians don't even read the Bible.

[@mb2000]

MeShannan Why 7? Two couples and... one to watch?

[@JThom529]

@@mb2000 3 couples and one to watch*

[@sorrybarley7509]

I used to have this movie on DVD as a kid and loved it. I thought it was peak comedy, along with Furry Vengeance and Disney’s G-Force. Thankfully, my tastes have improved greatly since then. I refused to sit through most movies that were actually decent, yet loved garbage like this. And even stranger yet is that I grew up in a Christian family. Why did we watch a movie that made God look so bad? And was it made in support of Christianity or to make fun of Christianity?

[@bromodragone8405]

What was the story of Bruce Almighty.

[@dotails]

I liked it not as a comedy but as a story.

[@johnnysparkle]

Genre-Killer: After the huge box-office success of both this film's predecessor and The Passion of the Christ, many predicted a resurgence in the market for major films with strongly faith-based messages. This film's underwhelming performance quickly put an end to any such hopes, with faith-based films going dormant for several years before eventually re-emerging as much lower-budget and lower-profile efforts made by the likes of Pureflix.

[@9fine]

The fundamental wrong logic with the movie was that they should have only shown animals that needed saving from the lake. There was no reason in bringing animals from Africa, australia. I mean you don't find lions and kangaroo roaming in the wild in any American forest. Seriously zebras, elephants??? Secondly, the dam, if it ever burst it'll most likely never burst from the top.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Wow this movie is indeed terrible. I did not see Bruce Almighty either frankly (Jim Carrey humor is not my thing) but I can see how much worse this is. Btw Matthew, will you be doing new Bad Movie Beatdowns? I know you kinda transitioned to recent release movie critic full time now, but these I believe would bring you more views.

[@freddrog4689]

They should just make a bunch of MIchael Scott movies, id watch em. Plus you could do anything with the plot, Michael is fired from or quits Dunder Mifflin, and goes and finds a new job, or travels the country for some stupid reason, becomes a pirate whatever, any excuse to feature Michael Scott would work for me, provided the character was the same quality as the office.

[@gracekim1998]

Did anyone die in this movie?😅

[@scottylewis8124]

No, but their careers did.

[@bromodragone8405]

Commandment XI: Don't make a comedy about God.

[@giveawaytim3486]

I saw this movie thinking the animals really needed to travel to be safe. They only traveled about 4 miles . Gtfoh , why didn’t you just move all the animals to safety by feet. Had everyone else on the street and in their cars and a boat with water under it is just surfing through the streets . Wtf

[@diegobareno5820]

Evan looked like Saruman.

[@scottylewis8124]

I'm surprised that Christopher Lee didn't sue for infringement.

[@DryBones271]

I don't think i watched this one.

[@scottloessel6493]

I’m not too ashamed to say I kinda like this movie, And that has almost nothing to do with the huge crush I have on Lauren Graham.

[@thesocialistroman]

I feel like wanda's talent was squandered pretty badly, like every line she was given for this movie was "say something that a stereotypical black person would say" and it was weird I used to find this movie funny when I was five...but then it hit me, this movie is made for five year olds and evangelical Christians with five year old minds and senses of humor. Now I just shun it and say this is a terrible movie by any and all means

[@nathandanczak7822]

Wanda is the prototypical stereotypical black woman, there's no difference to get "talent".

[@polk-e-dot8177]

psh. id be nicholas cage if i were am actor. "theres a paycheck? fuck yeah! idec what im playing."

[@kevinbacon5492]

Didn’t God promise he wouldn’t cause another global flood and that’s where rainbows come from?

[@destroyerblackdragon]

In this movie god didn't cause the flood the government did. God just gave him a heads up.

[@rogerf3675]

Movie sales alone, personally I thought Bruce Almighty sucked compared to Evan Almighty. I'd bet that it was Jim Carey's name that did alot of the 'selling" but as far as a plot, Even almighty was better written regarding events. I guess it just depends on who's your favorite actor. Then again, there's alot of people that hate on movies that mention God. Are you sure your bias is in check ? You made many overly simplified assumptions that aren't provable beyond your own ideology, which your entitled to, but not shared by many of us out here. I guess in the end it depends on what you consider a comedy. After all, one can see Brit humor a bit "off" and dry compared to say American humor, Russians are even more so.

[@Legend-vm9uv]

Evan Almighty sucks because it’s mean spirited not funny like Bruce Almighty.

[@rogerf3675]

@@Legend-vm9uv I didn't find Carey all that funny in Bruce almighty, Then again he does play alot of "moron" roles based in silly humor which I tend to find little humor in. Although I can't say I like "the office" , I don't see Steve acting mean in Evan Almighty. Its easy to be a critic, they badmouthed many shows in the past which were block busters so I don't put much stock in them. If you didn't like it, that is YOUR opinion..and many don't share it.

[@brianfuller5868]

OMG! I actually forgot how bad this was but it is really bad.

[@neilprice513]

If you watch the deleted scenes of Bruce Almighty you can see it's original concept was a christian faith film, more a Catholic faith film as it had a lot of their religious concepts and culture in it and Bruce himself had a completely different personality. It was re-shot and edited, which was the best thing to do, to instead make the movie non specific in it's faith. Plus in a lot of the original scenes Bruce was an "unlikable self absorbed arsehole to everyone most of the time", so they changed it so he's just a "likable selfish immature idiot who doesn't know how good he his life is" at the beginning instead. Which worked. Yeah some can say it's a very christian orientated film, but it doesn't go into specifics on denomination and you can point out that most of the time it's not even that as it can be for any Abrahamic religion. Evan Almighty, however, just seems to be that they just filmed the first draft of the script and didn't bother seeing if it was a good first draft. Yeah Bruce Almighty is a flawed film, but it is an enjoyable one as it just has fun with the concept. I couldn't stand to watch 20 minutes of Even Almighty as it was just horribly unfunny.

[@missmangas7298]

If it was Deadpool instead of Evan, the humor would make more sense! His plans are kids drawings, he also draw his enemy with a dick hat on his head. That's super childish and hilarious X) Oh and the poop jokes mixed with Wade's wachy commentaries will be funny. The merc is a likable and iconic character, we know and love him. Evan is just... there and really unfunny. I don't care what happen to him plus his dance is ridiculous! I'm glad i never saw this movie, it looks awful! The message is hammered in your head instead od simply showed, the humor is horrible, the characters aren't likable, the villain is a joke and less cool than Ajax from Deadpool 1. This review is enough to satisfy me :)

[@toiletghosthanako-kun2073]

So... you neither believe nor disbelieve in god... makes sense, I’m kinda there though I’m more in the “religion shouldn’t rule your life” category

[@ELEcomments]

I wonder if he's like the Agnostics in South Park loool

[@lebkha]

I loathe this movie

[@GatorRay]

Just want to say. As an actual Christian. I think the idea of a retelling of the story of Noah's Ark in modern times is STUPID! I remember seeing an ad for this film as a kid. And even back then. I thought it was DUMB!

[@gracekim1998]

Wait I think I’ve seen this movie 😅

[@Dim4323]

Morgan freeman never give a bad performance

[@devinharbert6071]

Review the number 23 and Batman and robin.

[@DonaldKronos]

Nice review, but I am a bit confused by one part of it. At 10:30 when you say that God is a prick, who are you talking to when you say "Not you"? Also, you said "as a character in this movie, not the Almighty one", but... isn't that movie the Almighty one, as well as the sequel to the other Almighty one? Anyway, the God in that movie seems to be quite a bit less of a prick then the God he was apparently loosely modeled after, that being the downright evil one in the Bible. Unless there's something else in the movie where God does something really sick like cursing all of humanity for wanting to learn right from wrong or flooding an entire planet rather than just one valley while making a gut who's unreasonably old build a boat just to save less than a dozen people, no plants and an unreasonably small selection of animals. Just saying.

[@aNdzel0t]

Obviously the film lacks logic and its plot convenient. Dont watch it if u r in a bad mood u will be too harsh on the critic.. 😀

[@mw9688]

Why the HELL did animals from around the world have to show up....for a local flood?! WTF?! (Said this comment before watching the video. If you bring it up I’ll say. (After.) YES!! THANK YOU!!! Stupidest part of the movie.

[@1spore2]

The movie was cringe asf

[@henrymockingbird9645]

6:12

[@RupertTheOctopus]

God was a bully in this film, very cringe

[@scottylewis8124]

16:34 Meme me!

[@ryankoplien7820]

It's very funny!!

[@maxwheatley4497]

Man this is the best movie ever

[@dracospin239]

Max Wheatley Nope

[@selterz4851]

If you took the time to read the Bible you would see that god gives humans free will so if he warns them of a flood and they ignore it its their fault not God’s. Like I’m not even religious and that makes perfect sense to me

[@JThom529]

Bullcrap

[@selterz4851]

@@JThom529 its been some time since my comment and im atheist now, also yeah if god kills innocent people with a flood because he feels like it hes an evil asshole lol, i take back my original comment

[@ELEcomments]

this movie wasn't that bad cmon:P

[@HS-bk1qk]

In how many videos is this guy going to utilize heavy handed sarcasm and gagging when something is deemed bad? I'm craving some originality here.

[@daniloroganovic9359]

I actualy like this movie Also God flooded the Earth to destroy the giant half angels that populated it

[@marcocappelli2236]

Danilo Roganovic That's like destroying Earth to kill roaches...Kind of an overkill.

[@kate-sf6lo]

Poor giant half angeles 😩

[@ridgevault1419]

There were no half angels. That is a myth. Nephalem are not half angels. Just tyrannical physically blessed men like Nimrod was.