Yes Man (2008)

Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) is in a funk. His girlfriend left him and now he is afraid to interact with anyone. He even misses his best friend's engagement party. Hilarity ensues when one day he meets an old friend who invites him to a siminar stressing that to truly live you need to stop saying "no" and say "yes"...to everything. Once he starts doing this his life changes, his job gets better and he meets Allison (Zooey Deschanel). But not everything is going the way he hopes when his friends start taking advantage of him and Allison questions whether he really loves her or if he just can't say no.

Trivia: Based on a biographical book written by Danny Wallace, a British author, producer, and journalist who spent six months answering "yes" to any given question or proposal and recording the results. Jim Carrey performed his own bungee jump stunts. Speaking of stunts the day before Zooey Deschanel had to get on the scooter for the first time, her stunt double fell off and shattered her hip. Zooey was told that the stunt woman would have about a nine month recovery, so she was asked to get on the bike for the shot herself. Even though one of the movie's main posters has Jim Carrey running through a field of flowers gracefully (see above left), he does not run through a field of flowers once throughout the film. There are multiple references to Harry Potter in the film. David Heyman, one of the film's producers, also produces the Harry Potter films. While Carl is in the video store you can see another Jim Carrey movie, The Number 23, playing out of focus in the background. He also picks up The Cable Guy to rent.

For me Jim Carrey movies are interesting and mildly funny, this one is no exception. Is it a good movie? Yes. Did it make me laugh? Yes. Is Zooey Deschanel totally awesome? YES! I admit I am a little biased when it comes to Ms. Descahnel (Zooey, if you are reading this, call me.) since I have a pretty major crush on her (a 10 year age difference isn't that much, really). She is at her ultimate cuteness in this movie and she sings! How awesome is that? As for the rest of the movie. It is fun but it is formulaic, I kept wondering when something was going to happen to sour the relationship and it hit right on cue, then it was "He's got to do something her to win her back." Ahh, there it is. Not every movie has to be Oscar calibur to be good, not every movie has to be perfect. This is a fun movie to see.