Post by cannibalchris on Jun 26, 2007 20:22:20 GMT -5
Newly elected to Congress, Evan (Steve Carell) leaves Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. His campaign was that he would change the world, never saying how. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God (Morgan Freeman) appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark because a flood is coming. But his befuddled family just can't decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions. God tells Evan the flood will come September 22nd mid-day. Animals start following Evan to Congress causing him to eventually be suspended from work after he tells everyone that God told him to build an ark. His wife Joan and his three sons leave to her mother's house after seeing it on a news report, leaving him to build the ark himself. Evan's ark building gets international notice. Weeks after Joan leaves Evan, God appeared to her as a waiter at a diner. He tells her that God doesn't give things, he gives the opportunity to get things. For example, God doesn't give a family togetherness, he gives the opportunity for families to be together. Seeing his meaning, Joan returns to Evan to finish the ark together. Evan's old colleagues tell him that Congressman Long (who got Evan suspended) built a dam over a nearby lake and cut corners everywhere. September 22nd comes with clear skies, and Evan loads the hundreds of animals onto the newly finished ark in front of live news crews. Minutes pass with still clear skies, so spectators start leaving. Dark clouds appear and rain starts pouring down. Evan tells everyone to board the ark but no one listens. The rain suddenly stops and everyone starts laughing at Evan. Evan thinks it's over until the poorly built dam bursts. Panic overtakes everyone and they board the ark. The ark sails down the streets of Washington D.C. by the burst lake until it eventually lands at the Capitol. Evan tells Long of his poorly made dam, causing the other Congressmen present to turn on him. Evan and his family go on a hiking trip over the weekend and God tells Evan that the way to change the world is by doing Acts of Random Kindness ("ARK") one at a time.
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OOH I wanna see this movie!
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OOH I wanna see this movie!