A Jim Carrey Movie - That Kind of Says it All

Rating: 6/10 (19 January 2014)

Another standard Jim Carrey flick in the same vein as "Liar, Liar". It's a little watered-down from his classic manic roles (thankfully), but it's the same Jim. He starts out a boring shut-in sadsack who makes a covenant at a Yes Man! seminar to say "yes" to everything, no matter what it was. And semi-hilarity ensued. There were funny parts and there were over-the-top parts that didn't turn out too funny. I have a problem with casting Zooey Deschanel as his love interest, not because I don't like her (love "New Girl") but because I think she's half his age (at least in looks). I guess that makes me old as I'm now bothered by that timeless Hollywood caveat. Actually, most of the supporting cast (Bradley Cooper, Danny Masterson, Molly Sims) is at least a decade younger than Carrey. For me, it just stole all the realism out of a Jim Carrey comedy...