NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Carell is at his funniest when he's placed in painfully awkward situations - having his chest waxed in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," for example, or being transformed into a babbling ...

‘Evan Almighty” has a very funny man at its center, and a climactic flood bombastic enough to fit into “The Day After Tomorrow” or any one of DeMille’s biblical forays. But the divine guidance ...

In the summer of 2005, with the release (and surprise success) of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” Steve Carell seemed poised to be the savior of movie comedies. With his alert, slightly sharp features, and ...

Steve Carell starred in two of the best comedies in recent years and stars in the funniest show on television, NBC's "The Office," so it is curious why he would agree to star in the unnecessary and ...

I’m not sure who was more surprised: Steve Carell’s Evan in “Evan Almighty” after being commanded by God (Morgan Freeman) to build an ark, or me, who actually thought this movie was funny and charming ...

Evan Almighty, the follow-up to Bruce Almighty, is the work of an angry God. At 89 minutes that last a lifetime, it’s a sanctimonious sitcom dolled up as the most expensive comedy ever made $175 mil, ...

Situating the biblical story of Noah and the Ark in a Washington that closely resembles Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" makes for one determined stab at a populist comedy. By Kirk ...

Like the modern-day ark that its hero risks his job, his family, and his reputation to build, Evan Almighty feels like a vast, ponderous folly. It’s a deeply strange movie—in part because it’s so ...

The problems with "Evan Almighty" mostly boil down to questions of scale. The movie warns of an imminent flood, yet delivers only sprinkles of laughter or anything approaching magic. Although ...

In the 2003 comedy Bruce Almighty, Bruce (Jim Carrey) was a self-centered TV reporter frustrated with God (Morgan Freeman) over perceived mismanagement. God gave Bruce a chance to prove he could do ...