On Capitol Hill, the freshman congressman is served by executive assistant Rita (WANDA SYKES), chief of staff Marty (JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS) and enthusiastic employee Eugene (JONAH HILL). They're all excited when Evan is chosen by powerful committee chairman Congressman Chuck Long (JOHN GOODMAN) to collaborate on a bill, and everything seems to be going his way to fulfill his campaign motto to make a change in the world.
But then God (MORGAN FREEMAN) comes calling, first through a series of seemingly coincidental signs, all of which lead to the Biblical story where God calls on Noah to build an ark. Evan thinks the stress of his new job has gotten the best of him, but when the signs continue and then God finally shows Himself, Evan realizes it's all too serious.
From that point on, and as his hair and beard start growing, animals start arriving two by two, and everyone thinks he's gone crazy or at least is having a severe midlife crisis, Evan starts building the ark.
A massive flood crashes through presumably empty homes and heads toward and then through a city, and that scene and a few others might be unsettling to the youngest of viewers. Some slapstick style material is also present, as is some tense family material, including a wife taking her kids to her mother's to get away from her husband who she thinks is having a breakdown.
Some of the exaggerated behavior on display might be enticing for some kids to imitate, while some bad attitudes are present (mainly from a corrupt congressman). Various instances of verbal and viewed crude humor occur, while some alcohol is present, and some comments are made about non-narcotics as if they were just that.
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(2007) (Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman) (PG)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
Mild
Heavy
*Mild
Minor
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
None
Moderate
None
Minor
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
None
Moderate
Moderate
*Mild
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Reviewed June 16, 2007 / Posted June 22, 2007
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