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And even though Bruce Almighty generally has a wonderful heart to it, yeah, when I wrote Evan I catered it much more to knowing that everyone was going to let their kids watch this movie. Because quite frankly, I think I'm the only dad who doesn't let my kids see PG-13 movies. So they've never seen Bruce Almighty.

Are you saying Evan is going to be PG?

Oedekerk: I think Evan has got to be PG at the heaviest, because we kept it more of a family movie.

Getting back to Barnyard. Some people think animated movies are just for kids. Do you want to dispel that myth?

Oedekerk: Well I'm a big one on not judging the people that see films. So whatever anyone's take is on Barnyard, I'm completely content with, because I really try to get something to a point where I think it matters—and then I let it go. So all I can tell you is the intent. The intent is a movie that anyone can sit down and enjoy. I didn't set out to do the writing any differently, other than the fact that we're a PG family film, so I kept everything extremely kid-friendly. But I didn't lower the sights down in terms of the age of someone who could watch it; I didn't make a kiddy film. There's enough big themes—adoption and family and these elements—that could be in any live action film I would do.

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