has its entertaining moments to make you giggle, but part of me feels a little sorry for Carrey
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12/18/08
Yes Man (2008)
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Reviews Counted:143
Fresh:62
Rotten:81
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Jim Carrey's comic convulsions are the only bright spots in this otherwise dim and predictable comedy.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jan 1, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $97,632,413
Synopsis: Jim Carrey returns to hilarious form with this romantic comedy in the same vein as the Carrey classic LIAR LIAR. After a few stints in more serious features like ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS... [More]
Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Darby
Director: Peyton Reed
Reviews for Yes Man
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The film nicely hints at the interconnection of all things and the way the messages we send out to the universe -- whether yes or no -- reverberate and return to us.
12/18/08
A film for our time, in the Frank Capra tradition.
12/18/08
It's a formula picture all the way, but Carrey and the supporting cast sure make it seem better than that.
12/18/08
the flimsiest comedic premise of Carrey's career
12/18/08
Director Peyton Reed isn't sure what to make of the premise: is this a therapeutic uplifter or an excuse to make Carrey mug while popping wheelies on expensive motorcycles?
12/18/08
In a comedy era ennobled by the crackling wit of Vince Vaughn, Steve Carell and Tina Fey, Yes Man comes across as innocent, quaint, pitiable, as one-note as borscht belt humor and not committed enough to support great slapstick.
12/18/08
Top CriticSo ironically, taking the movie's message to heart and living your life actually means skipping a time waster like this one.
12/18/08
A movie about taking risks should not be this safe.
12/18/08
...when [Carrey's] on, orchestrating a fall like Rube Goldberg, taping up his face or hyper-monologuing his way through a soliloquy on Red Bull, he's a comic treat.
12/18/08
Deschanel and Carrey make for indifferent romantic partners. Both are pleasant enough, but no one's going to look at the two together and think, what a great couple they make.
12/18/08
The combination of the familiar scenario and his broadly comic style seems stale.
12/18/08
Top CriticPerhaps Yes Man's writers got confused by the film's tag line, 'Yes Is the New No.' In honor of that convoluted axiom, here's my one-word review. Should you go see Yes Man?: Yes.
12/18/08
Watching Carrey get goofy again is entertaining...
12/18/08
A high-concept comedy that you can practically set your watch to. It's pleasant enough, yes, but it's also exceedingly predictable and the screenplay forces conflict upon the plot at the sacrifice of the characters' IQs.
12/18/08
No comedy classic, but it packs enough laughs into 104 minutes to justify the price of admission (or at least a matinee ticket)
12/18/08
Carrey's gusto helps to squeeze some pleasure out of the familiarity of it all, but the film hardly satisfies that special need to be slapped around by a comedy.
12/18/08
It has more chuckles than guffaws, maybe because Carrey has always been a comic actor who says yes yes yes. Literalizing that impulse only robs it of surprise.
12/18/08
Is Yes Man an entertaining Jim Carrey vehicle? No sirree.
12/18/08
Jim Carrey works the premise for all it's worth, but it doesn't allow him to bust loose and fly.
12/18/08
Top CriticLatest News for Yes Man
May 25, 2009:
Is Yes Man a riot? Yes, and no. Zooey doesn't have much to do except the laugh track thing to Carrey's antics. And on a positive note, Carrey gets to make out with three women and also moon the audience biker style, if that's your thing. 
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