Yes Man (2008)

Yes Man, 2.5 out of 4 stars

Zooey Deschanel as Allison and Jim Carrey as Carl the man who always say "Yes!!" in the movie "Yes Man". What would I say? I just say "Yes" and "No".

Yes yes yes this is an American comedy movie starring Jim Carrey, no no no I don't like the first half of the movie. Just say yes but only if you really want to. "Yes Man", directed by Peyton Reed who brought you "The Break-Up" in 2006. This movie is about the life of Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) who spends his life working in the bank as a loan approval officer. After working, he spends all his time watching DVD at home (Almost like me, and I really hope he enjoy watching "Saw" movie.) One day, his friend Nick (John Michael Higgins) wants him to enjoy life and don't be lifeless, so he took Carl to attend a show called "Yes!" From there he met Terrence Bundley (Terence Stamp) and start from that day, Carl promise them to say "yes" to everything. Because he like to say yes, he really has a positive starts, he meets Allison (Zooey Deschanel) in the process and everything started to be perfect. So, he attend the flying lessons, attend Korean language lessons, learn to play guitar and so on. Besides that, he also approved all the loan that went through him. But, saying too much "yes" without knowing the reason also will cause some consequences. So, Carl has to find out the meaning of saying "yes" so that he can impress his love one and continue his wonderful life by saying "yes" and "no" or something else (I'm not telling you). After I watch this movie, I can't resist to say no for the first half of the movie because I've been brain wash by the word "yes". So I have to get this opportunity to say "No!". No, I don't like the first half, maybe is because Jim Carrey said too much "No". It makes the first half very down fall and felt a little bit boring. Despite that, there is a few part which I think is funny, the part where he going to the store to buy the "Transformers" DVD, and the part where he watching "Saw". Besides that, I have to say no to the plot progression. The plot progression is going flat. So the whole movie is just flat, this is because the story is simple and predictable. This film still can survive is because it contains a love story. When you apply the "Yes" and "No" principles in the love story, that will be great and I'm glad the director did it right this time. Other than that, Jim Carrey's acting is nice, he knows how to make the audiences laugh and he knows how to make that situation becomes funny and hilarious, I like the part where he's playing guitar while singing. But I'm tired of his repetitiveness. For the second half of the film, it becomes more fun and delightful from the beginning to the end. The second half try to send us the message about the meaning of the "Yes", and must be brave to say "No" of course in some situation. Just say "Yes" if you really want to. Despite I said "no" for the first half, this film is still delightful and funny to watch.