Yes Man

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Yes Man

PG-13,

2008,

1h 44m,

Comedy

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44%

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Carl Allen is stuck in a rut with his negative ways. He goes to a self-help seminar and learns to unleash the power of yes. Living in the affirmative leads him to all sorts of transforming experiences; he gets a job promotion and even finds a new romance. But Carl finds that too much of anything, even positive thinking, is not necessarily a good thing.

Critics Consensus

Jim Carrey's comic convulsions are the only bright spots in this otherwise dim and predictable comedy.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Apr 29, 2019

[Jim Carrey] connects with you, off and on, to make you laugh. Only thing is, Carrey's face-pulling, eye rolling antics have been served up once too often to for us to be enamoured anew.

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Eddie Cockrell

Sydney Morning Herald

Jan 8, 2009

3.5/5

The most even-keeled, pleasant and mainstream movie Jim Carrey has made in many a moon.

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David Stratton

The Australian

Jan 8, 2009

1.5/5

Numbingly predictable and not as filled with action as the misleading poster suggests.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Mar 5, 2024

1.5/4

Inspirational as the themes may be, it’s still a formulaic Jim Carrey comedy the likes of which we’ve seen before, and will no doubt see again.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 27, 2020

3.0/4.0

Carrey plays his humor closer to the bone and the result is funnier, more heartfelt and more believable.

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Sergio Benítez

Espinof

May 8, 2020

'Yes Man' is also an ineffective sample of the limitations of Peyton Reed as a filmmaker. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Han S

Apr 5, 2019

debated between 3.0 and 3.5. let's call it 3.25. funny with an interesting premise and decent story (about 2 viewings)

George P

Nov 22, 2018

46? unreal. Movie was great, amazing LA scenery, annd north dakota. jim carrey jokes were fresh, mostly, hence the 4.5. the philosophy was on point though.

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Hagrid R

Sep 22, 2018

A Carrey film with a high concept! Surprise! Still enjoyable bits especially the montages.

Albus R

Aug 24, 2018

Infrequently entertaining and quickly wearing its premise out, Jim Carrey does all he can with Yes Man but he can't bring it over the thinly written script or monotonous humor.

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Rey P

Aug 13, 2018

7/1/18 We watched this a while ago. I remember thinking it was funny. Besides, I kind of live by this motto that you should try to agree to always do something different, rather than just saying no.

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Harry G

Jul 19, 2018

A bit underrated as this movie definitely has it's funny moments. The plot is a bit weak but Zooey Deschanel picks up the pieces to it.

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Jim Carrey

Carl

Zooey Deschanel

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Bradley Cooper

Peter

John Michael Higgins

Nick

Rhys Darby

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Synopsis

Carl Allen is stuck in a rut with his negative ways. He goes to a self-help seminar and learns to unleash the power of yes. Living in the affirmative leads him to all sorts of transforming experiences; he gets a job promotion and even finds a new romance. But Carl finds that too much of anything, even positive thinking, is not necessarily a good thing.

Director: Peyton Reed
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, David Heyman
Screenwriter: Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Heyday Films, Zanuck Company
Rating: PG-13 (Crude Sexual Humor|Brief Nudity|Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 19, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $97.7M
Runtime: 1h 44m

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