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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/07/2009 Run time: 104 minutes Rating: Pg13
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2549 in DVD
- Brand: Warner Brothers
- Released on: 2009-04-07
- Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
- Formats: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
- Running time: 104 minutes
Features
- Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything. Take a bungee plunge? Yes. Accept call-now TV offers? Yes. Learn Korean? Yes. Grab the first flight to anywhere? Yes. Win your dream girl? Yes. Crack up fans with a feel-good, laugh-loaded romp? Yes! Working every funny bone in his nimble body and every muscle in his
Invite Yourself to Yes and RSVP…Yes![]()
Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) is a lonely guy. Carl is a loan officer who is real low on life and down in the dumps because of a break up. One day Carl heeds the advice of an old friend and goes to a self-help seminar. The motto “Yes is the new no!” If the movie’s title is any indicator, you know what happens for the rest of the film. He says yes to anything and everything, even an extremely generous granny.
Not very often a comedy comes out with a message worth listening to. “Yes Man” provides just that and exposes the audience to the powers of positive thinking. The movie itself is a montage of Carl saying yes to everything; Carl says yes to learning to speak Korean, Carl says yes to costume party invites from his boss, Carl says yes to flying lessons, and yes to a bar fight, which was one of the funniest scenes of Carl’s acceptance journey. Eventually, Carl’s yes-ery leads to a new love interest named Allison (Zooey Deschanel) and a promotion at work. And despite all the positive outcomes, Carl learns that saying yes doesn’t always necessarily take you in the right direction.
“Yes Man” is a lot of fun to watch. Carrey is on top of his game and is still as funny as always. To answer any questions: Yes the movie is funny. Yes it’s worth going to see. And yes you’ll enjoy it.
More than expected![]()
I went to “Yes Man” with my 15 year old daughter just to pass the time, not expecting much based upon Jim Carrey’s latest failures. My daughter really enjoyed the movie and I was glad that I went. The movie is predictable, but still very entertaining. If you are a JC fan, then don’t pass this one up. I would highly recommend buying the soundtrack for the movie as well, it is very well done except for the glaring omission of the Journey song from the movie climax. See the movie, buy the soundtrack, you will be pleased.
“Yes” to a rental, “No” to a purcase![]()
Jim Carrey is an iconic comedian. Like it or lump it, he has forever left his mark on Hollywood with films like “Ace Ventura,” “Dumb and Dumber” and “Man on the Moon,” but since the turn of the century Jim has been wasting away with duds like “Me, Myself, and Irene” and “Fun with Dick and Jane.” Granted, he’s put in some great dramatic performances during this time, notably “Eternal Sunshine”, but his attempts at diving back into the genre that made him a movie star have been unadulterated failures.
Where, then, does “Yes Man” stack up? Is it a worthy ode to the Jim Carrey that we all fell in love with in the mid-90s, or yet another film in which Jim Carrey appears to be doing an imitation of himself? I’m happy to say that while it falls somewhere in the middle, it’s certainly Jim’s best comedy since “Liar Liar,” and is actually fairly close to that movie in both concept and enjoyment.
Carrey plays Carl, a recently-divorced loan officer who has become all too comfortable with denying the requests of anyone, both at work and in his personal life. He has resigned himself to spending his time away from others, forgoing any and all opportunities that exist outside his palatial bachelor pad. He’s watched his ex-wife find love again, and while he clearly misses the feeling, he isn’t in the right headspace for finding it himself.
After a somewhat clunky opening act, Carl finds himself at a “Yes Man” seminar, during which he is told to “allow ‘Yes’ into his life.” After this bizarre presentation by Terrence Stamp, Jim reluctantly finds himself saying “yes” to whatever proposals come his way. He gives all of his pocket money to a homeless man, starts handing out loans at work with reckless abandon, and even takes up an elderly woman on an…offer.
Predictably, Carl’s life is rejuvenated, and he finds himself satisfied with himself for the first time in a while. Although the plot moves along pretty much how you’d expect, Carrey is in fine form here. The laughs come often and are sometimes of the gut-wrenching variety. Zooey Deschanel is delightfully droll in her role as Alison, the quirky foil to the often insipid Carl.
Before watching the film, the concept of saying “yes” to anything seemed to me like an excuse to throw Carrey into the most ridiculous predicaments imaginable, just to watch how he’d fair in such situations. But as the movie progressed I found myself thinking seriously about the concept itself, and how much value one could actually extract out of such a philosophy. The concept serves as a gimmick, sure, but it also provides a worthwhile commentary on apathy and how destructive it can be. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a film that will change your life, but the concept is smarter than one might assume.
As far as supporting roles go, the best performance of the entire film–one that I’d even recommend a viewing based solely on–is that of Rhys Darby, who plays Carl’s boss Norman. His character is much like his portrayal of Murray from “Flight of the Concords,” meaning that humor is derived solely from his New Zealand accent poured over amusing innocence. He had me in stitches every time he was on the screen.
Other than Darby, there aren’t any other notable performances to speak of. Bradley Cooper and Danny Masterson play Carl’s best friends, but their roles are very minimal, almost to the point of being irrelevant. They largely serve as the locus of Carl’s apathy, but little more. It’s too bad, as I like both of these actors, and I think the film could have benefitted from us seeing more of them (and Masterson’s killer ’stache).
Ultimately, the film was set up to succeed or fail on the backs of Carrey and Deschanel. Thankfully, they’re great, both apart and, especially, together. They had a chemistry that I wasn’t quite expecting. If you’re a fan of either, then I’m sure that you’ll enjoy “Yes Man.”
VERDICT: Rent It









