Title: Yes Man
Director: Peyton Reed
Running time: 1 hour 24 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Did you know that when you call someone a Yes Man in Malaysia, it's considered one of the vilest statement one can make to another? In offices, there're bound to be some who are considered by their colleagues as Yes Man. This means that this particular person will say yes to his superiors no matter what. In turn, whatever things he says yes to his boss, will have to be carried out by his subordinates and thus a Yes Man boss in one of the most hated person in the office, second only to backstabbers and surprisingly is considered worse than 'Tai Chi masters.' Of course, nowadays, it is rare to have a Yes Man superior if they are not backed by at least some kind of proficiency. When backed by some proficiency however, his climb up the corporate ladder would be fast.
Okay, what I said above has nothing to do with this movie... just want to write something to make this blog longer :P.
After a long absence from the silver screen (this year's production being only the voice over in Horton Hears a Who), he made a comeback in the comedy genre... I'm talking about Jim Carrey!
I have always thought that Jim Carrey is one of the most successful comedians and I had a really good time with his whole slew of humorous movies such as Liar Liar, Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber, etc., etc. When he moved away from the comedy stream and into a more serious tone such as The Truman Show, I was saddened but nonetheless, impressed. It was a stunning masterpiece, of which I used as one of my essays in Film Analysis in my English class in college.
Back to the movie... Yes Man talks about Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) whom I suspect due to his divorce with his wife, became a person who shun responsibility and social life. Then, one of his friend introduced him to this seminar who taught him the power of YES! He was forced to make a covenant that he has to say yes to everything or bad luck will befall him... and hence, the beginning of the amazing power of YES!
Well, anyone with a lick of sense should know that saying yes to everything is just disaster. I will not spoil the end for you (which I don't think is a spoiler anyway), but Carl was mysteriously lucky when he began his very first yes in taking a homeless guy up the hill, where after some 'incident', he met the love of his life.
To say that this is a very funny movie would cause other readers who read this blog to throw rotten tomatoes at me. There are some sections of the movie where it's just gross, and I hate the gross kind of funny. Fortunately, most of the other hilarious part of the film is executed beautifully.
While this might not be the best work done by Jim Carrey, it is nevertheless timely since most of us are onset by demoralizing situations and it is a good movie to raise your spirits just in time for Christmas and New Year Holidays.
Observation: 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. (Taken from IMDB)
Bottomline: Good pre-Christmas movie
Bamboo Ranking: 3.3 / 5.0
Director: Peyton Reed
Running time: 1 hour 24 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Did you know that when you call someone a Yes Man in Malaysia, it's considered one of the vilest statement one can make to another? In offices, there're bound to be some who are considered by their colleagues as Yes Man. This means that this particular person will say yes to his superiors no matter what. In turn, whatever things he says yes to his boss, will have to be carried out by his subordinates and thus a Yes Man boss in one of the most hated person in the office, second only to backstabbers and surprisingly is considered worse than 'Tai Chi masters.' Of course, nowadays, it is rare to have a Yes Man superior if they are not backed by at least some kind of proficiency. When backed by some proficiency however, his climb up the corporate ladder would be fast.
Okay, what I said above has nothing to do with this movie... just want to write something to make this blog longer :P.
After a long absence from the silver screen (this year's production being only the voice over in Horton Hears a Who), he made a comeback in the comedy genre... I'm talking about Jim Carrey!
I have always thought that Jim Carrey is one of the most successful comedians and I had a really good time with his whole slew of humorous movies such as Liar Liar, Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber, etc., etc. When he moved away from the comedy stream and into a more serious tone such as The Truman Show, I was saddened but nonetheless, impressed. It was a stunning masterpiece, of which I used as one of my essays in Film Analysis in my English class in college.
Back to the movie... Yes Man talks about Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) whom I suspect due to his divorce with his wife, became a person who shun responsibility and social life. Then, one of his friend introduced him to this seminar who taught him the power of YES! He was forced to make a covenant that he has to say yes to everything or bad luck will befall him... and hence, the beginning of the amazing power of YES!
Well, anyone with a lick of sense should know that saying yes to everything is just disaster. I will not spoil the end for you (which I don't think is a spoiler anyway), but Carl was mysteriously lucky when he began his very first yes in taking a homeless guy up the hill, where after some 'incident', he met the love of his life.
To say that this is a very funny movie would cause other readers who read this blog to throw rotten tomatoes at me. There are some sections of the movie where it's just gross, and I hate the gross kind of funny. Fortunately, most of the other hilarious part of the film is executed beautifully.
While this might not be the best work done by Jim Carrey, it is nevertheless timely since most of us are onset by demoralizing situations and it is a good movie to raise your spirits just in time for Christmas and New Year Holidays.
Observation: 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. (Taken from IMDB)
Bottomline: Good pre-Christmas movie
Bamboo Ranking: 3.3 / 5.0
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