Though it's quite possibly an even worse film than BRUCE ALMIGHTY (2003), the sequel offers at least one consolation: The smug and increasingly unfunny Jim Carrey is replaced by the very talented Steve Carell. But not even
The Office star's ironic deadpan and perfect comic delivery can save a leaden comedy rooted in special effects and spectacle instead of wit.
No longer simply an egocentric newscaster from Buffalo, New York, Evan Baxter (Carell) is now a U.S. congressman who won on the campaign promise that he's going to somehow "change the world." Evan, along with his wife Joan (Lauren Graham) and their three indistinguishable sons (Johnny Simmons,...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG
Length:
95 mins