For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman

In 2007, Freeman reprised his role as God in Evan Almighty, a sequel to 2003’s Bruce Almighty, with Steve Carell. Evan Almighty was a box-office failure[103] and negatively received;[104] The Guardian critic wrote: “A cast full of people who have been frequently funny elsewhere flounder in this deluge of sentimentality and CGI. Avoid like the Ten Plagues.”[105] The drama Feast of Love was Freeman’s second release of 2007. It is based on the 2000 novel The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter, about a group of friends living in suburban Oregon who come into contact with a free spirit who changes their outlook on life; Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian sarcastically remarked that it was great to see Freeman in a challenging role.[106] Freeman had a supporting part in Gone Baby Gone (2007), a mystery thriller that was also Ben Affleck’s directorial debut. Adapted from the 1998 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, Freeman plays Captain Jack Doyle of the Boston Police Department. The story and cast performances were positively received; Time Out magazine called it “flawed but impressive”.[107] Afterward, he starred in Rob Reiner’s 2007 comedy The Bucket List opposite Jack Nicholson.[108] The plot follows two terminally ill men on a road trip with a list of things to do before they die. The film grossed $175 million worldwide.[109]