Yes Man: The Jim Carrey Film Nobody Needed

Rating: 4/10 (4 May 2020)

Jim Carrey has made a name in over the top comedy. Not everybody likes his humour, and his films are not to my taste, but I saw Ace Ventura, and I thought it was fun. I cannot say the same for Yes Man. It feels like Liar Liar, but hopped up on nonsense and less funny. I'm not sure if it's a romcom or straight up comedy, but either way it was disappointing.
The lesson of the movie is shallow (which is only fitting because Bradley Cooper is in this movie) and because it's such a simple idea, it makes Carrey's character annoying for his inability to grasp it.
There were funny parts, and I did like the scene where he stops the man from jumping off the ledge, but there were too many bad moments. The scene with the old woman is disgusting, Danny Masterson's character has no purpose, and the entire end of the movie felt like a hallucination (which it kind of was).
If you want to watch a Jim Carrey movie, I suggest The Truman Show, an excellent story with a wonderful performance by Carrey. I honestly think Jim Carrey was so good in more serious movies, and this movie couldn't live up to those other ones I'd seen him in.