Diagonaldi Very well executed

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

rooprect Meet Carl. He's the most negative person you've ever met. Only you'll never meet him because he hides from society being terminally annoyed by everyone. Unexpectedly, something happens which makes him say yes to everything.Right in league with other fun & silly what-if plots like "The Invention of Lying" (a world where nobody ever lies) or "Stranger Than Fiction" (a guy who hears a narrator telling him his own life story), "Yes Man" is good clean entertainment that, who knows, might even change your life. Or at least get you out of the house once in a while."Yes Man" differs from the other 2 films I mentioned (great flicks by the way) in one important respect: it's not a bizarre alternate reality, nor is there anything really supernatural going on. So it's more down-to-earth and less wacky than you might expect. But that gives the actors more room to give it a personal touch. In other words, what makes this movie work isn't just a crazy story but good solid character development.Jim Carey, who plays "Carl", is somewhat toned down compared to his manic "Mask" theatrics, but subtlety works to his advantage. (Note: if you want to see Carey in all his insane glory, check out the bonus features where he really lets loose). As he meets quirky characters, it's Carey who plays the straight man, and his deadpan expressions are hilarious. The way he tolerates his overexuberant boss "Norman" (Rhys Darby) is classic. Norman himself is something similar to Austin Powers in a business suit. Zooey Deschanel is, well, she's Zooey Deschanel - awesome and cute as hell, playing the role of a photography/jogging instructor by day and by night she sings in an alt band that has a total of 7 fans.What's really fun about this movie is seeing how all the quirky characters converge in a well written story that all comes together with every character contributing. There aren't necessarily any bank capers or high speed chases (wait, actually there are sorta)--what I mean is, there aren't a lot of contrived plot twists and seat-gripping thrills; the film relies on its entertaining script and the aforementioned acting expertise. But it delivers a great story with never a dull moment. Should you watch "Yes Man"? My answer is.......... sure dude.

eddy-love When Jerry Lewis died Jim Carrey wrote that because of Jerry Lewis he is the comedian he is today. Jerry Lewis was part of a group of comedians who knew how to make you laugh. Your entire family could enjoy a good comedy skit or movie together. Today these comedian-wannabes don't know how to make a person laugh without including trash in their routine. The true comedians of Jerry Lewis's era didn't use profanity, make useless sex jokes, jab at public officials in order to put them down and make them look stupid in public. Don Rickles always made sure if he picked on anyone they could walk away feeling good about themselves and not be offended. All those comedians - Lewis, Rickles, Hope, Kaye, Benny, Martin, Skelton, etc - they didn't use trash talk comedians use today. Any of today's comedians who say they learned from the masters are lying. Comedians today inject their personal religious beliefs or personal political left-wing beliefs in their routine forcing paying customers to listen to them when it's no one else's business what the comedian believes or thinks. Jim Carrey made about 5 or 6 movies I liked and have. This movie "Yes Man" turned me completely against Jim Carrey because of the scene where a grandmother gave him a blow job. You didn't see the act but you knew what was going on. That was disgusting. Sorry Jim Carrey but you are not funny anymore and not worth the price of a ticket to see any of your trash! No comedian in this day and age is worth it.

Lee Eisenberg One of Jim Carrey's many silly movies features him as a man who decides to answer yes to everything, no matter how banal. "Yes Man" is essentially a gimmick comedy like "Liar Liar" or "Bruce Almighty", but it's a funny one. It's one of those movies whose purpose is just to be funny, and it succeeds. I suspect that they probably had a lot of fun filming it, understanding that a few scenes - namely one involving Fionnula Flanagan - were very likely awkward to film.In the end, it's a fun movie. I guess that they could've expanded Zooey Deschanel's character, but the movie makes no pretense about what it is. Enjoyable one. I think that you'll like it."Yes is the answer and you know that for sure/Yes is surrender/You got to let it, you gotta let it go"from John Lennon's "Mind Games"

Python Hyena Yes Man (2008): Dir: Payton Reed / Cast: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Terence Stamp, Bradley Cooper, Danny Masterson: Yes, they screwed up this comedy about opportunities. It stars Jim Carrey as a divorcée who tries to avoid people until he is enrolled in a program that focuses in changing our attitudes towards better change. Starts out well until becoming routine and predictable. Directed by Payton Reed who made the wonderfully clever and underrated Down With Love as well as the low grade romantic dud The Break-Up. Here he surpasses The Break-Up but comes nowhere near the perfection of his Renee Zellweger effort. Carrey does his best as a guy who gave up on life only to find it again. He has his ups and downs in massive and sometimes comic overload but he holds the film together where everything else falls apart. Zooey Deschanel plays a singer he encounters but despite her efforts, the role is cardboard. Terence Stamp as the guy whom Carrey seeks with regards to this life change is an embarrassment and beneath Stamp's talent. Bradley Cooper appears as one of Carrey's few friends whom he ticks off. The film is well made from a technical stand point with an interesting point of view but its delivery is far from approving. Despite a message about living life and embracing opportunities the film only seems eager to present humour that most people should say, "no" too. Score: 5 ½ / 10