Just say "No" to "Yes Man" unless...

Rating: 2/10 (8 September 2009)

...you're under the age of 25 and uninventive comedy and PG-13 crude sexual humor is what makes you laugh.
Seriously, how did this movie rate a "7.0" on IMDb?? Maybe they should start requiring an age and/or IQ factor to help normalize the final user ratings for movies...
Granted, there was the basic premise of an interesting idea in this movie, but there was so much lameness in so much of the movie that it was just basically (to me) unfunny. Then again, if you just get into stupid mindless gag-type comedy and rather tasteless crude sexual humor, then maybe it might rate a 7.0 or greater for you.
There were a few clever as well as a few sweet moments in the movie (i.e., respectively, when Carrey's various "Yes!"-inspired self-improvement forays come in handy in unexpected ways, and scenes with Zooey's big hound dog eyes doing their best emotive magic), but very few.
What a shame, and what a waste of Carrey's comedic talents. Sure, he's been a big commercial success the last 10-15 years, but you would have to be older than 25 to really remember and appreciate how truly comically inventive and talented he was as he became a surprise star in the Wayans Brothers' show "In Living Color" on the then-fledgling Fox Network.
As for "Yes Man," my advice is to just say "No" if you're over 25 or 30.