I hesitate to make this post following the one on Black Swan. We shall move from the sublime to the pedestrian. Yet there is sometimes fun and value in our lesser quality flicks!
The YES MAN came out in 2008. I got to watch it for the first time on DVD last night. Oh, what a delight!
Jim Carrey is not for everyone. He is an over-the-top comic, who, at times, sparkles in his roles. I appreciated his wild acting in The Mask. I laughed a lot in Ace Ventura. I got to know a more serious Mr. Carrey in The Truman Show. BUT: I found his work in The Yes Man to be his best.
No spoiler from this reviewer, as usual, but let me say that Jim Carrey plays a depressed, negative guy in the opening scenes of the movie....until he discovers a "Say Yes"seminar. Now the negative guy turns positive! He says "yes" to everything and everyone, and suddenly his life moves in a new direction: better job, friends, and yes, a girlfriend too!
Zooey Deschanel, the kind of young lady most parents want to adopt, is charming as Carrey's love motif. She's a bit zany, confused, and most of all, sweet and caring. Just watch her zoom on her motorbike!
Okay, this film is not genius material. But it has a solid message for us all beneath the comic veil: We should try to say yes to new ideas, new experiences, new people in our lives. YES leads us to growth and adventure.
Enjoy!
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