SYNOPSIS:
Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything. Take a bungee plunge? Yes. Accept call-now TV offers? Yes. Learn Korean? Yes. Grab the first flight to anywhere? Yes. Win your dream girl? Yes. Crack up fans with a feel-good, laugh-loaded romp? Yes!
Working every funny bone in his nimble body and every muscle in his hilariously mobile face, Jim Carrey plays Carl in a YEScapade about opening up to life's possibilities, especially when those possibilities include romance with an intriguing, free-spirited musician (Zooey Deschanel). From the director of The Break-Up comes an invitation to discover the comedy power of yes.
MOVIE REVIEW:
You must have heard about this a hundred times before: “You must learn how to say no to drugs”, “You must learn how to say no to smoking” and “You must learn how to say no to temptations”. The list goes on. But the reason why you continue saying “Yes” is because you want to be a nice guy – like most of us over here at movieXclusive.com. So, we are kind of impressed with the premise of this Peyton Reed (Down With Love, Bring It On) directed movie. And with funnyman Jim Carrey (Horton Hears a Who!, The Number 23) headlining it, we thought it’d be interesting how the movie would turn out.
Carrey plays a boring man with nothing to look forward to. He enrolls into a personal development programme one day and finds out how he can transform his life for the better. The premise is based on the simple idea of saying “Yes” to everything. He sees his professional and romantic life turning for the better, but as time goes by, he learns that saying “Yes” to everything will not solve all problems.
Wait, the last part about saying “Yes” in moderation needs to be taught? Is Carrey’s character stupid or something? And that seems to be the biggest problem of this 104 minute comedy – the idea that you already know that it’s common sense not to say “Yes” to everything, but you have this character who blindly follows the instruction for a good three quarters of the movie?
And the predictability of the plot development doesn’t help either – you know that Carrey’s character will eventually know how to lead his life in moderation, and will eventually end the movie with a, yes – you’ve guessed it, happy ending. He will get the girl (chirpily played by The Happening’s Zooey Deschanel) and they will live happily ever after. So when we look at our own lives and do not see that materialising, we get a little upset.
But thanks to Carrey’s wisecracking antics, the movie remains watchable. His rubber face never fails to amuse viewers (although the more intelligent viewer may find it irritating), and you can trust him to engage viewers young and old throughout the movie. You want to see Carrey dress up as Harry Potter? You’ve got it. You want to see Carrey happily bungee jumping and flying airplanes? You’ve got it too. However, if you want to see Carrey getting nude (after the NC 16 consumer advice of Sexual References & Some Nudity) in the movie, you won’t see it here. And this is where we’ve got to say “No” to you for having that dirty little thought.
SPECIAL FEATURES :
This Code 3 DVD contains quite a bit of bonus. First up, there is a four minute Downtime on the Set of Yes Man with Jim Carrey where you see the funnyman cracking jokes and looking, err, stupid on location. He tells us that it is boring during setups, hence he provides entertainment by spouting wisecracks and err, looking stupid. Jim Carrey: Extreme Yes Man is a 12 minute featurette which has Carrey saying “Yes” to most of the stunts in the movie. Watch him being attached by a dog, doing a strange sort of rollerblading and riding a bike. The five minute Future Sounds: Munchausen by Proxy takes you behind the scenes of recording the songs performed by the four member all girl band. To round things up, there are also five Exclusive Munchausen by Proxy Music Videos and a six minute Gag Reel where you can see Carrey, err, looking stupid.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
The disc’s visual transfer is clear, while there are 5.1 Dolby English and Thai audio tracks to choose from.
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by John Li
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