Just Say "YES!!!!"

Advantages: Enjoyable, funny, light-hearted, different from other romantic comedies
Disadvantages: If you dont like Jim Carrey you wont enjoy it!

...Yes Man is a comedy starring Jim Carrey. The film is based on a book by Danny Wallace and basically tells the story of a man who starts to say ?Yes? to every opportunity that comes his way regardless of what it is. Interestingly enough Danny Wallace makes a little appearance sitting at the bar, I knew it was him as I had seen him on Richard and Judy some time ago talking about his book and his experiences of deciding to say yes to every opportunity. The main character in the film is Carl Allen who is played by Jim Carrey. Carl is a bit of a miserable man, he says no to everything at work and in his personal life. His friends are starting to give up on him because he wont go out with them and makes up lame excuses about why he cant meet them. Then Carl meets an old friend who persuades him to come along to a meeting. Here at this...

AJ26 25.06.2009 · Read review
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Say no to this Yes Man

Advantages: It ends eventually
Disadvantages: The crude scenes, swearing

...I've just had the misfortune of watching Yes Man, and you can probably guess that I was really disappointed. Synopsis Carl is a bank clerk in charge of approving or denying loans most of which he denies. After separating from his wife, he has withdrawn into his shell and no longer enjoys the company of his friends. In short he's turned into a grumpy old man, that is until he runs into an old friend whilst he's eating his lunch. His friends tells him of a seminar that's coming up in a few days, which gas changed his life for the better. The concept is simple, you can improve your life by saying 'yes'. And that's what Carl decides to do, but it's not as easy as it sounds, there are somethings you just want to say no to, the trouble is bad things happen when Carl says no. Cast Jim Carrey as Carl Allen Zooey...

Fiver29 15.11.2009 · Read review
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Are you a yes person or a no person?

Advantages: Quite amusing in parts/its quite lighthearted but makes you think, not long winded, the characters
Disadvantages: Its quite predictable, perhaps not overly realistic at the start/mid way through (read review)

...- Credits - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068680/fullcredits - Story - Carl Allen is an unhappy man who shies away from alot of things, preferring to spend time with himself. His friend often calls him to invite him out with friends for the night but he wants to avoid running into his ex-wife so he does't take the calls. One day, he's told about a personal development program, which he attends a local seminar on, where they explain that in order to move on and become a happier and more positive person, you have to say yes and not no and good things will come from it. He's quite sceptical at first but his friend encourages him to follow through and it doesn't take long before a number of random events takes place which leads to good things happening in his life, in his personal and work life. Things are looking up for Carl but can it...

IzzyS 31.05.2009 · Read review
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Jim Carrey, the man who like to say yes?

Advantages: Quirky, endearing performances. Restrained Carrey
Disadvantages: Random gross-out moments are misplaced.

...Carl is a man who doesn't say "yes" to much. As a result he has managed to be rejected for promotion and has become isolated from friends as he lets them down time after time. Endless DVD nights on his own are commonplace and his life becomes more tragic by the minute. However, a chance meeting with an old friend may well change all that as Carl is about to become the man who likes to say yes! "Yes Man" is massively different from what I was expecting. The concept is almost a verbatim copy of Jim Carrey's previous film "Liar Liar" and I was expecting more of the same. However, refreshingly this is a more subtle affair from that rubber-faced slapstick comedy. A gentile romantic-comedy, "Yes Man" contains a surprisingly subdued Carrey and is better for it. Carl's self-loathing and pity is clear from the outset and this makes him...

Shortsharpshock 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Does The Beatles debut album really 'Please Please Me'?

Advantages: The bands epic debut album; a fantastic set of songs with memorable vocal efforts
Disadvantages: Some of the tracks are a bit so-so; it's still the early Beatles so not overly complex

...Debut albums are funny things; a good debut album can make or break an artist, defining their genre, style and audience in one hit. So, imagine the weight on The Beatles? shoulders when their first album ?Please Please Me? was released in the spring of 1963, rushed to capitalize on the group?s remarkable popularity with hits including the song of the same name and ?Love Me Do?. Recorded in three, three hour sessions all in one day in late February, ?Please Please Me? is arguably The Beatles at their rawest, before hours would be spent fiddling and rejuvenating tracks for commercial release to include a vast array of synth and orchestral sounds. The Beatles first album included many tracks that had only being recorded in a handful of takes and because of the simple use of guitars, pianos, drums and vocals, there wouldn?t need to be...

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Review of Please Please Me - Beatles (The)

The Beatles, Please Please Me (album)

Advantages: Heartwarming, easy to listen to, up in mood, the start of something wondrous, lovely nostalgia
Disadvantages: Some of the cover versions are a bit iffy

...I was ten weeks away from my 9th birthday when The Beatles? first official album Please Please Me was released on 22nd March 1963. The whole thing was recorded in a single day during February 1963 and it was released after the song Please Please Me had quickly shot to no.2 in the UK singles charts in January of the same year. The album made it to no.1 in the UK album charts in April of 1963, no.32 on its re-entry in March 1987 and on no.38 on its re-issue in September of this year. The tracks are a combination of Lennon/McCartney compositions and some cover versions. Despite being so young, I, along with my primary school friends, could feel something special on the verge of happening. Our playground activities during those early Beatles days were solely caught up with imitating our new mop-top heroes, playing air guitar under...

CelticSoulSister 15.11.2009 · Read review
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Lighthearted, fun and interesting? YES YES YES

Advantages: great fun
Disadvantages: sexual scene

...Jim Carrey stars as Carl Allen, a disenchanted loan account manager whose negativity deeply restricts his life. After a chance encounter with an old friend, he embarks on a challenge to say yes to everything for a whole year; this brings a mixture of highs and lows, including a chance encounter with Allison, an alluring woman. From the moment I saw this advertised in the bus-stop, I knew I had to see it; maybe it was because it was the festive season, but childhood memories of Jim Carrey induced laughter filled my brain, and I wanted more. I read that many felt the story was a rip-off of 'Liar Liar', but it's been ten years since I've seen that film, and I don't remember it much at all, so it didn't effect my experience of the film. First off, this is a feel good film, full of comedy and laughter. The overwhelming message...

bruffyboy 14.01.2009 · Read review
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Say yes to the supporting cast

Advantages: The extremely good supporting cast
Disadvantages: The very unfunny past his prime Carrey

...Take the unfunny Jim Carrey playing a bank finance officer called Carl who has just been overlooked for promotion and tries to avoid his friends & neighbours, his life is shown to be dull and unfulfilling until a chance meeting with an old friend who persuades him to go to a positive affirmation seminar (run by Terrance Stamp). He then decides he will say yes to every question he is asked and the alledged hilarity ensues. To show how great saying yes is it leads to things like him being promoted for agreeing to work a Saturday, his relationship with his friends improves and he even has sex with one of his neighbours (she's a senior citizen though). It improves his social life (he takes a ton of classes to learn and try things) and goes to a gig where he meets Alison, a girl who had helped him on his 1st day of saying yes (played by...

atytyut2434 14.01.2009 · Read review
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Yes man and the Yes manifesto

Advantages: witty, inspirational, amusing
Disadvantages: annoying use of italics

...Yes Man by Danny Wallace is the book on which the recent Jim Carey film was (very) loosely based. I'll be honest, I watched the film first and I had a mild inclination to then read the book. I was intrigued by the philosophy to the point where I contemplated trying it out for a week (saying "Yes" to anything and everything), if I was less lazy and more confident I would have. Perhaps I still will. When I noticed a friend at work was reading the book I asked if I could borrow it. He's a very slow reader, so I had to wait as the weeks ticked by, but finally he leant it to me a week or so ago. It's taken priority over my other books so I can return it to him quickly. It's easy reading, there was no need for me to worry. The first thing to say is the book is very different to the film. As is usually the case with book to film transfers I...

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Review of Yes Man - Danny Wallace

Say 'yes' to your exciting life!

Advantages: Fun, easy to watch and not too silly acting from Jim Carrey
Disadvantages: None

...Another one of my marathon cinema sessions saw me seeing 'Yes Man' which is Jim Carrey's latest offering. I was sceptical as to whether it would be any good as really is it not just the same kind of concept as his older film Liar Liar? Well, it seemed that was the choice of film in our group that most of us could agree on and being told by another who had previously seen it that it was actually pretty good I was happy to take the risk! The film was written by Nicholas Stoller and Jarrad Paul and directed by Peyton Reed. The plot: Carl is still very much cut up about his break up with his Ex-girlfriend Stephanie. Combined with the fact that he seems to be going nowhere in life and tends to want to just be on his own in his flat watching DVD's rather than out drinking with his mates where he could potentially bump into his ex...

frankiecesca 15.01.2009 (14.01.2009) · Read review
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