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Evan Almighty (2007)

★ 5.6 · 4,537 ratings on TMDB

A comedy of biblical proportions.

Evan Almighty poster★ 5.6

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

DirectorTom Shadyac
CastGraham Phillips, Jimmy Bennett, John Goodman, John Michael Higgins, Johnny Simmons, Jonah Hill
GenresComedy, Family, Fantasy
The emergence reading

Evan Almighty keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing faith, family, politics, environment, greed.

zero-distanceUSfaithfamilypoliticsenvironmentgreed
Also inFilms about faithFilms about family
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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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