What:  His life.

When:  Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm. Like clockwork.

Where:  The most exciting place you’ve ever been to… the bank, obviously.

So is the life of Jim Carrey’s character, Carl  Allen, in Yes Man.  Working in the loan department of a bank is his gig, day in and day out.  And he hates it.  And he hates his buddy-buddy boss, an Australian who thinks he invented the word “brosef”.  He’s still in love with his ex-wife, even though she has a boyfriend.  He avoids his best friend.  He denies every invitation he’s presented with.  His life is going nowhere.  Until…

Enter Nick, Carl’s friend from high school.   Nick has been attending seminars that have changed his life and he urges Carl to tag along to one of them, so Carl does.  While at the seminar, the guru Terrence Bundley convinces Carl that he has GOT to start saying Yes! to things rather than sitting idly by while his life passes right before his eyes.  Carl takes this to mean that he must say Yes! to EVERYTHING.  As Carl and Nick are leaving the seminar, a homeless man approaches and asks Carl for a ride.  Following through on the commitment he just made, Carl says yes.  The homeless man then asks to use Carl’s phone… Carl says yes.  Said homeless man talks until the battery dies.  When the two have reached the homeless man’s destination, said homeless man asks to borrow a few dollars.  Carl, of course, says yes… and empties out his entire wallet.  Carl is then left with an empty gas tank, a dead phone battery, and not a cent in his pocket.  He musters up a credit card, walks to the nearest gas station, and begins to fill up his gas can so he can fill up his car and go home, but while doing so he meets a girl name Allison.  His life is never the same.

I’ve always kind of ridden the fence when it comes to Jim Carrey’s acting.  Sometimes I love him, sometimes I think he’d be better off locked in a closet.  I’m glad I didn’t see this one in the theater, but in the comfort of my own home, it was alright.

In this film, Carrey seems to overcome his will to over-act.  He does just enough to make you laugh and quits before you start to get annoyed.  His life as Carl in the beginning of the film is very hermit-like.  It made me sad to think that some people actually live their lives that way, never letting themselves enjoy the little things and the people that surround them.  I loved it when Allison said, “The world’s a playground.  You know that when you’re a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.”  Such a true statement.  Go watch Yes Man and let it inspire you to do something crazy!  Like, go bungee jumping, or learn to fly, or talk someone down from a ledge, or maybe your life becomes exciting when you get rainbow sprinkles on your ice cream cone instead of eating it plain.  Or you could go buy yourself some Dark Chocolate Reeses and eat them while you watch Yes Man.  Whatever it is, do that… and in case you’re wondering, they’re delicious. ;o)