Matt: Yes Man was directed by Peyton Reed and stars Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel.  Ace Ventura and The Mask, were absolutely great movies, yet this is certainly not one of Jim Carrey’s great movies.  Yes Man tells the story of Carl Allen, a recent divorcee who seeks to isolate himself from the people around him.  This all continues until Carl meets an old friend of his who persuades him to attend a seminar that will allegedly change his life.  At the end of the seminar Carl is convinced that he must reply with Yes to every question and opportunity presented to him in order to achieve personal happiness.  The movie continues to follow all the positive and negative effects of Carl’s responses.  Carl eventually falls in love with Allison (Zooey Deschanel) and more comedy and drama ensue.  Overall this movie contained a fair amount a comedic moments; however there seemed to be a drop between them.  The movement from the comedy in the movie to the romance and love between the characters seemed strained.  On an interesting note, during the production of the film Jim Carry broke three ribs while “pretending” to fall, and chose to bunji jump in the place of his stunt double during one of the takes.  The movie does have some great comedy but is nothing to be compared to the Wedding Crashers.  It is worth renting when it comes out on dvd, but I do not feel it is worth paying to see it in theaters.

Running Time: 104 minutes
Rated: PG-13 for crude sexual humor, language and brief nudity