Last Post For A Bit

I'll be going out of town and unfortunately fall briefly behind in my movie watching. Thankfully I was able to catch an advance screening of Yes Man this evening. Jim Carrey stars as Carl, a guy who likes to sit at home by himself every night, until a friend convinces him to attend a seminar, where he learns to embrace life and opportunity and become a "yes man." This is a great romantic comedy. While watching it, I couldn't help but think this is how good Four Christmases should have been. For one thing, unlike Four Christmases, these filmmakers gave the female lead something to do. Zooey Deschanel was great and had some really genuinely funny lines and scenes. I thought Yes Man would be a kind of Liar Liar knock off, but it really wasn't, although both Carl and Fletcher come to realize life is passing them by. Yes Man is not the cartoonish comedy Liar Liar was. It's rooted in something more real. Yes Man is a return to the fun, crowd pleasing Jim Carrey comedies we all know and love. It was total laughs throughout and I gotta say how charming and snappy the dialogue was, especially between Carrey and Deschanel. Really good stuff.