Steve Carell reprises his role as Evan Baxter -- the polished, preening newscaster of the first film -- who finds himself the next one anointed by God (Morgan Freeman) to accomplish a holy mission.Newly elected to Congress, Evan leaves Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled wife (Lauren Graham) and kids just can't decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions.
I went in to this movie expecting complete corn and a blatant sequel that was made solely for money. I figured that the only funny parts would be the parts from the commercial and that it would be a total waste of time. However, I think that between having really low expectations and totally underestimating the ability of Steve Carell to make me laugh no matter what he's doing I ended up thinking that the movie was somewhat decent and watchable. It is by no means an all out laugh riot or a must see, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. To be completely honest - it's actually a really good family movie and that alone makes it worth the price of admission.
I wouldn't all out recommend this movie to anyone because you really have seen the movie just by watching the commercial, but its worth the rental for the family.
