I went into this movie with very low expectations.  I took my kids and I really didn’t know what to expect.   Well, let me tell you that I loved it.  I can’t remember the last time I just sat back and enjoyed a movie the way I did with this one. 

I was disappointed with Spiderman 3, Pirates 3, and Shrek 3 but this movie saved the summer for me.  I laughed and I actually got a little teary-eyed at parts.  (I think all the stuff Evan goes through to accomplish his “mission” will resonate with church planters especially.)

I don’t remember any cussing in it and I thought it had a good strong theme.  I was worried about it being really new agey or something but it’s not.  There is an obvious environmental message but I don’t feel that they beat you over the head with it or anything.  I didn’t feel that the movie was off theologically in any major way either.  It was just good clean fun.  I enjoyed it a lot more than the first one.

Steve Carell is wonderful and this movie establishes him as a huge movie talent.  (The Office already did that in a TV sort of way.)  I predict this film is going to make a lot of moola.

ADDED BONUS:  They have the trailers to the Simpsons and the new VeggieTales movies running before this movie too!  Very cool.