This isn’t a Yes Man review since I’m so late it getting this put up. I usually won’t do a review unless I can get it online the at least by the weekend it comes out… and this weekend was booked. But I did want to post up a least a little something about my thoughts on the new Jim Carrey movie Yes Man.
I liked it.
Jim Carrey used to be pure money in the bank, but his star has lost a lot of its shine in the last few years (remember how dreadfully awful “The Number 23” was? It didn’t help that the first “Yes Man” trailer I saw looked like a pile of garbage. But he’s a good Canadian boy so I decided to head out and check it out anyway. I’m glad that I did.
The movie is just funny… and had an interesting thing to say as well. As most of you know, Carrey plays a guy who, for reasons I won’t reveal” finds himself in a situation where he has to say yes to everything. The idea here is that embracing opportunities that come our way, no matter how big or small, gives us the chance to break out of our routines, to expand our horizons and truly live life and that the opportunities we need to embrace the most are the ones we are most unlikely to want to embrace. An interesting message, but one that resonated with me.
This is the first Jim Carrey movie I’ve seen where the man actually is starting to look his age, and that’s a good thing to me. The man is almost 47 and has perpetually looked 30 for the last 15 years. Seeing a little bit of age on his face almost makes him more believable, or at the very least relatable like a real human being.
My friend who went with me said that although Carrey is still “zany”, it feels like his on screen comedy is also starting to mature a little bit. It was a great observation and I agree with it completely.
I love Zooey Deschanel, but I’ve got to say I didn’t think much of her in this particular movie. I think it was just a matter of being miscast.
So to sum up: Yes man is funny, Carrey is maturing a little bit in his comedy but still zany, Zooey Deschanel was miscast. I liked the movie.
