Evan Almighty (2007)

Yoking the Godly to the goofy, the Almighty movies – first Bruce, now Evan Almighty – are the Old and New Testament of high-concept comedies. Consider: in 2003’s Bruce, Jim Carrey’s omnipotent telly reporter learned the hard way that gross ambition and ignoring the important people in your life can land you in deep doo-doo. Although it’s a re-jigging of the Noah story (from the Book of Genesis, Sunday School slackers), Evan’s rooted in the gentler, more Jesus-centric idea that Acts of Random Kindness (note the acronym) are what make the world go round.

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