Yes Man, Or NO Thanks Man?

Rating: 4/10 (22 December 2008)

Yes Man, Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, & Terrence Stamp Directed By: Peyton Reed This is a movie about a guy who is a shut in, afraid to commit to things to just about anything actually. His ability to say "yes" and to commit to anything since his wife divorced him, so in result he's been stuck at the same dead end job and become a nuisance to his friends, then one day takes a seminar and the word" YES" takes over his life and doors of opportunity open for him.
I am a big Jim Carrey fan and a sucker for anything he's ever in. So when I saw a trailer I thought to myself this out to be good, it looked a like a "Liar Liar" type throw back but could be really funny. Saying this I went tonight and I was entertained but didn't laugh all that much. It had a so so attempt at some laughs and some obvious set ups for bigger laughs but not very clever in deliveries. NO chemistry between anyone in this film, from his friends, to great new love interest he falls into. This movie had the set ups for everything but nothing really all that great happened, when it came time for the obvious plot thickness and in a romantic comedy usually that means the love interest gets really aggravated at the main character and he has to win her back basically. We've seen this all 1 to many times and it was nothing new and it was already obvious what was going to happen.
Like I said this was no " Liar Liar" not," Bruce Almighty" and definitely not "Cable Guy" (which is a good movie if you give it a chance). This like I said was entertaining but nothing more, I like to think I am some what a film psychic and I predict that Jim Carrey's last two films have not been hits and will soon be joining the" Apatow Posse" to help revive his comedic films. Although I think the best part in this film is when Jim Carrey made a few funny faces, those are always priceless.