Yes Man (2008) Jim Carry, Zooey Deschannel Directed by Peyton Reed
Oh my has Jim Carrey fell, I don't want to say this was a horrible movie, lets just say it was very medicore that's all. Maybe Jim raised the bar too high with Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura, or maybe its just that Jim Carrey is tired of being Jim Carrey and if thats the case...it shows. It's cool with me if he tries something different, I saw The Number 23 it wasn't all bad, but if your going to try something different go all the way...be Tom Cruise in Collateral...just go for it man. I really liked The Majestic, and The Truman Show was very solid, why go back to a poor mans Liar Liar, don't be Bruce Almighty we've seen that (unless the script is really funny) be Joel from the great Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind a fantastic film. If you want to be old Jim just go get Jeff and do Dumb and Dumber 2 and make a billion dollars.
(The Shawshank Scale 1-10) Jim will get a very boring 5.5 for his lackluster film.
Anyway Yes man is a lazy comedy that wastes Zooey Deschannel, Bradley Cooper (sidekick guy), Rhys Darby (keep your eye on this guy), and the always funny John M. Higgins, in a boring story about a guy who forces himself to say "yes" to everything. It is not horrible, it just isn't that funny, you sort of wait for the laugh out loud moment to come, or the romance to get sweet, or the talking ass of Jim Carrey to show up...but it never does. I feel for Jim Carrey, I know when he does a comedy it is a rough road of high expectation, but why this film, anyone could have done this...give this one to John M. Higgins, and let him do it. Just by being a Jim Carrey comedy the bar gets raised too high, and this flick fell well below. Go rent it, and make out with your significant other through most of it...you will enjoy it more.
As for Jim I look forward to your take on Scrooge, and Curly, as well as the Phillip Morris flick, and the Robert Ripley movie.
Jim Carrey blows now, yeah I thought it was boring, a few random funny parts.
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