"Yes Man" has a very simple concept: What would happen if you said "yes" to every opportunity to come your way? Believe it or not, this is loosely based on a true story: a British author decided to do exactly this for a while and wrote a book about the experience. In this version of the story, Jim Carrey plays Carl, a man who is sort of down on his life and has settled into a routine of sitting at home and avoiding going out, despite the efforts of his best friend, Peter (Bradley Cooper). One day, he runs into an old acquaintance (the always funny John Micheal Higgins), who turns him on to a new personal empowerment philosophy called simply "YES". Carl joins him at a seminar and finds himself agreeing to live the philosophy of saying "yes" at every chance. The movie then follows Carl's adventure as he reinvigorates his new life of "YES", leading him to better career opportunities, more friends and a budding romance with a quirky girl he meets when his car runs out of gas (Zooey Deschanel). Of course, saying yes can't always be a good thing, so there are plenty of bad experiences that come along. This is the perfect Carrey role and he plays it very well, despite sometimes making this feel like you are watching "Bruce Almighty" again. The movie is practically stolen by Rhys Darby, who plays Norman, Carl's boss at the bank. Norman is very funny in every scene in which he appears. This is an entertaining movie: not Carrey's best, but certainly not his worst. It is a "typical Jim Carrey" film and that is not necessarily a bad thing!Grade: B-
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