Evan Almighty (2007) poster
2007 · fantasy · comedy · family

Evan Almighty

Directed by Tom Shadyac1h 36m2007
ElsewhereIMDb5.4160kRT24%Metacritic37
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • funny
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle fantasy / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

How every film is hand-scored →

God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

Our read · Evan Almighty (2007) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive fantasy · comedy · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Where the cast leads
Where to watch
Not on streaming here right now.Check JustWatch Check Letterboxd
More info & search links
Fingerprint

The shape of Evan Almighty

Tonight, this looks like

What watching it is actually like.

You want light faith-based family comedy with Steve Carell and slapstick ark chaos.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou hated Bruce Almighty's silliness or need sharp, tightly written comedy tonight.

If Evan Almighty is your film
DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
Your take
Rate it
star-clip-1-0star-clip-2-0star-clip-3-0star-clip-4-0star-clip-5-0
React
Discussion

Discussion

cmd enter to post

What does your Movie DNA look like?

Rate a few films you've seen. We map your taste across the same twelve axes and find the films you'll actually want to watch tonight.

Calibrate yourself