Yes Man - Jim Carrey

Yes Man is a return to form for Jim Carrey, who combines some of the manic energy of his early work with a touch of maturity from his dramatic experience. The script causes the film to suffer at times, but Carrey's chemistry with Zooey Deschanel is unmistakable and allows the movie to carry through to the end. While Yes Man is certainly not the comedy of the year, it's a film that most Carrey fans will enjoy that may even deliver for those who didn't like his Dumb and Dumber stage.

The film stars Carrey as Carl Allen, a loan officer who is very well-acquainted with the word “no.” Pity the poor person who’s applied for a loan from him; having been dumped by his girlfriend three years ago, Carl has rejected every offer, proposition, request, question and notion that comes his way. When his friend Nick (Michael Higgins) gets him to come along to a self-help seminar, he runs afoul of the seminar’s head, Terrance Bundley (Stamp). Terrance preaches about the power of the word “yes,” and manages to talk Carl into a pact where he says yes to everything that comes his way. After several mishaps with this, he meets Allison (Deschanel). Allison is a bohemian type, very much Carl’s opposite, who conducts photo-jogging classes and sings in a rock band. Of course, the two hit it off and Allison’s free spirit finds plenty of opportunities for Carl to say yes, except one.

Bottom line it is a good rental!