Maybe its me, but has Jim Carrey given up? It came across that he was looking particularly bored with doing comedy. And if it wasn't for the saving grace of Zooey Deschanel, who is both lovely to look at and slightly quirky, I think I would have been bored too.
The premise, based on Danny Wallace's far superior book (and trust me...read that, and don't bother with the film) is a man whose life is going nowhere decides, after visiting guru Terence Stamp, to start saying yes to everything, thinking it will change his life. Of course it has its ups and downs, until he meets Deschanel, and loves starts getting in the way of his Yes plans.
There are some moments that made me laugh out loud, but when you compare it to, say, Liar Liar or Bruce Almighty, this is woefully thin. It takes a long time to get going and when it does, the yeses aren't half as interesting as they should be.
The main problem is the script isn't strong enough, and Carrey is starting to look a little old for the clowning around, and unless someone can come up with something as good as some of Carrey's earlier stuff, maybe it's time for him to hang up his goofiness and go for more curious films like The Truman Show or Eternal Sunshine.
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