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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Peyton Reed
Writers (WGA):
Nicholas Stoller (screenplay) and
Jarrad Paul (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 December 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
One word can change everything. more
Plot:
A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
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Amusing more (174 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jim Carrey ... Carl Allen

Zooey Deschanel ... Allison

Bradley Cooper ... Peter

John Michael Higgins ... Nick

Rhys Darby ... Norman

Danny Masterson ... Rooney
Fionnula Flanagan ... Tillie

Terence Stamp ... Terrence Bundley

Sasha Alexander ... Lucy Barnes

Molly Sims ... Stephanie

Brent Briscoe ... Homeless Guy
Rocky Carroll ... Wes

John Cothran Jr. ... Tweed (as John Cothran)

Spencer Garrett ... Multack
Sean O'Bryan ... Ted
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Yes Man (Hong Kong: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor, language and brief nudity.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA | Australia
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

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Trivia:
Based on an autobiographical book written by Danny Wallace, a British author, producer, and journalist who spent a year answering "yes" to any given question or proposal and recording the results. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When they are riding on the scooter, both the first time with the gas can and the second time he is driving, they take red lights clearly visible in the background as they pass the intersections. However, this could possibly be on purpose as they are speeding and overtaking cars on the right side as well, with horns of cars blowing all throughout the scene. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Carl Allen: No.
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Movie Connections:
References Batman Begins (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Water Music more

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192 out of 223 people found the following comment useful.
Amusing, 6 December 2008
7/10
Author: sadagar from Oslo, Norway

Being lucky, I already saw "Yes Man" and was pleasantly surprised. Jim Carrey is not really my all time favorite (despite his comic talent and acting skills), but in this movie he seems to have hit the spot.

The story itself is really simple: Carl (Jim Carrey), a very negative man, goes to a meeting among the very positive Yes people, whose charismatic leader (Terence Stamp) preaches that one should say Yes to all questions and agree with all propositions. Carl is reluctantly convinced to try it out, and after meeting a girl on a scooter (the ever so lovely Zooey Deschanel) all sorts of things start happening around him. But being 100% positive might be tricky sometimes...

It is all very silly, of course - but this feel-good comedy has a small undertone of seriousness as well. And it has a great cast, many delightful scenes, a reasonably relaxed Jim Carrey and a lighthearted style. Y/N? I say Y.

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