SAY YES TO YES MAN!"The era of yes has begun."
Too many romantic comedies, serious drama, horror and box office "gold" which nags and berates you to see this "must see" film. Yes Man, however, is music for the masses. Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) is "Joe Nobody". He leads a less than average life, boring, predictable and sheltered. Until one day... that one day where he runs into an old friend acting very different. He strongly urged Carl to join the "yes" movement. Curious, and with NOTHING to lose, Carl attends one of the seminars, though reluctantly. The guru, Terrence Bundley (Terence Stamp in a wonderful and dry comedic timing.) makes contact with Carl, and his life changes dramatically. He is to say YES! to everything; to experience life to its fullest. Along the way, he finds romantic love with the odd duck, Allison (portrayed by a lovely and quirky Zooey Deschanel). His life constantly expanding, what could go wrong?
I find Jim Carey an either/or actor. People loved in in Ace Ventura (which I have never been able to watch the whole thing to this day) or hated Cable Guy (which of course I loved). My introduction to him was Doing Time on Maple Drive, a serious and well acted film. No doubt I love him best for Eternal Sunshine... he is vulnerable and soft and human. Yes Man was perhaps a combination of the two. He is geeky and has his "fart humor" bit in the same way, he has attached a body and soul to those farts. He is flesh and blood and is excited the way most would be; perhaps borderline geeky. Tongue tied around his new object of desire is sweet and cute.
Hands down, this was a laugh out loud movie and I dare you to tell me otherwise.
BIG BITE: Great film, great acting, fun to watch. What else is there???
