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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasWhat makes the film transcend its limitations is Carell, whose square, "Father Knows Best" demeanor belies a supreme comic self-confidence and whose implacability in the face of the movie's CGI-intensive animal antics can be marvelous to behold.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe message is so good-hearted, so inarguable, so dull.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttCarell is getting quite good as these everyman characters but lacks the audacity of, say, a Carrey or a Robin Williams. He is making comedy out of dullness.
- 50VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryIt's mildly diverting for kids and families in a way that would be perfectly fine as an ABC Family cable project.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAmusing in pieces but, taken as a whole, it offers little, and the morality lesson is galling.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickCarell's frantic mugging as a modern-day Noah barely keeps Evan Almighty afloat.
- 40New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinEvan Almighty runs out of comic invention early, and the filmmakers fall back on what real politicians do when they exhaust their small stash of ideas: brainless piety.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenBland jokes and lazy contrivances.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIt's Carell who projects the movie's only sense of mischief. But it's too little and too late.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceIt marks an unfortunate low point in the history of recent American comedy. There goes Steve Carell's perfect game.