Evan Almighty runs out of comic invention early, and the filmmakers fall back on what real politicians do when they exhaust their small stash of ideas: brainless piety.

David Edelstein

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Carell is getting quite good as these everyman characters but lacks the audacity of, say, a Carrey or a Robin Williams. He is making comedy out of dullness.

Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

It's mildly diverting for kids and families in a way that would be perfectly fine as an ABC Family cable project.

Brian Lowry

Variety