Say yes... only if you want to

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2019)

Every Jim Carrey movie I watch, I always notice how expressive he is. His expressiveness engages me in a way that no other actor does. Every Zooey Deschanel movie I watch, I fall in love with her. The characters she plays are always very wise and heavenly. Their combo kept me engaged the entire time. All of the other supporting actors were also great. Of course this movie is funny, it has Jim Carrey and a love interest in it. But, it also has a great story and morals.
The message of Yes Man is a great. It's basically to say yes to more opportunities in order to get yourself doing more and living more, but I love the way the message is portrayed. The movie frames it by having Carl, played by Jim Carrey, attend a seminar with a very culty vibe. A speaker leads the seminar and convinces Carl to say yes to literally every opportunity that comes his way. Of course he is hesitant but ends up doing it and it changes his life. Everything that he sees as bad and would normally say no to ends up leading to something great when he says yes. After a while of everything going great from his mindlessly saying yes, there is a turning point where everything falls apart to shambles no matter if he says yes or no. Here he learns that he should not just be saying yes mindlessly and that saying yes to everything was just to open his mind up to the possibilities. Now he must change and only say yes if he truly feels it inside. After realizing that and making the change, he is able to nurse his life back together and return to the path of greatness and happiness that he was once experiencing. The reason that I love this framing is because it gives you a simple rule that will change the way you live your life, but then it makes fun of that rule by attributing it to a cultish seminar. The point is not to just follow a simple rule mindlessly, the point is open yourself up to more possible experiences and the framing in this movie makes that clear.
I definitely recommend this movie whether you are looking for inspiration to live a better life or you just want a fun and satisfying comedy. Definitely one of my favorites in both of those categories.