Peyton Reed is one of the few successful transitions from Television to the big screen. Those who have been reading me regularly would know how critical I have been of some of the attempts that have been made in the past. But here is an example of one director who knows his limitations and has slowly but surely made a place for himself in the evergreen and vastly successful world of Romantic Comedies. His previous attempts include the musical RomCom starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor called Down with Love which was pretty and decent. And then there was the one which got most tongues wagging about the relationship between Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn which was called The Break Up – didn’t do much for the alleged relationship between Vaughn and Aniston as you can see currently but made a reasonable amount of money at the BO for Reed. And his 3rd attempt is called “YES MAN” which stars that one person who I cannot decide whether to really hate for his histrionics or to love for his capability of pulling off those histrionics better than most people that are doing their rounds these days. At 46 (when this movie released) he still manages to look like a 33 year old and behave like a 3 year one. And whats more he gives most of us average 36 year olds a complex by going around with 24 year old Indian women!!!! :’( :’(:’( WTF!!!! Leave some for us Mr. Carey. Go find someone your own age. As I was saying, don’t know whether to hate him or love him.
Carl Allen (Jim Carey) is (I can only assume) a 30 something banker who is responsible for putting stamps on loan applications. These go by the names “APPROVED” and “NOT APPROVED”. Simple right? The job – Yes. His life – not so much. Its been 3 years since his divorce from the extremely hot Stephanie (Molly Sims). His friends Peter (Bradley Cooper – steady girls steady) and Rooney (Danny Masterson from That 70s show – remember?) have been chasing him loads to get his life back on track. But Carl is just not upto it. He would rather spend his time watching DVDs at home and has made it a habit of ducking everyone’s calls. But this time around Peter is successful in getting him out of home thanks to an important announcement of his upcoming wedding to Lucy (Sasha Alexander). Not that it excites Carl too much. But at least gets him out of home. The turning point in Carl’s life, however comes when he meets an ex-colleague Nick (John Michael Higgins) who has decided to live life and not get into the rat race and seems extremely thrilled about it. Much against his wishes, Carl decides to attend the session of the 'Yes' Guru - Terence Bundley (Terence Stamp).
Yes Man is an atypical Jim Carey movie – like most others that he stars in. Thanks to the immense love that he has to hog screen time. The presence of Zoey Deschanel is refreshing to say the least thanks to her girl next door kind of image and her ease of playing the care a damn, fly with the wind girl which I fear she is getting stereotyped into. The rest of the cast is as good as furniture very honestly. Enough said about the direction earlier but would just add that it is indeed very compact and to the point. A fast paced movie, Yes Man will not let you doze off and is as good as any romantic comedy you would see. I give it 6.5 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3042902041/
Carl Allen (Jim Carey) is (I can only assume) a 30 something banker who is responsible for putting stamps on loan applications. These go by the names “APPROVED” and “NOT APPROVED”. Simple right? The job – Yes. His life – not so much. Its been 3 years since his divorce from the extremely hot Stephanie (Molly Sims). His friends Peter (Bradley Cooper – steady girls steady) and Rooney (Danny Masterson from That 70s show – remember?) have been chasing him loads to get his life back on track. But Carl is just not upto it. He would rather spend his time watching DVDs at home and has made it a habit of ducking everyone’s calls. But this time around Peter is successful in getting him out of home thanks to an important announcement of his upcoming wedding to Lucy (Sasha Alexander). Not that it excites Carl too much. But at least gets him out of home. The turning point in Carl’s life, however comes when he meets an ex-colleague Nick (John Michael Higgins) who has decided to live life and not get into the rat race and seems extremely thrilled about it. Much against his wishes, Carl decides to attend the session of the 'Yes' Guru - Terence Bundley (Terence Stamp).
Yes Man is an atypical Jim Carey movie – like most others that he stars in. Thanks to the immense love that he has to hog screen time. The presence of Zoey Deschanel is refreshing to say the least thanks to her girl next door kind of image and her ease of playing the care a damn, fly with the wind girl which I fear she is getting stereotyped into. The rest of the cast is as good as furniture very honestly. Enough said about the direction earlier but would just add that it is indeed very compact and to the point. A fast paced movie, Yes Man will not let you doze off and is as good as any romantic comedy you would see. I give it 6.5 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3042902041/
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