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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Nicholas Stoller (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
17 December 2008 (USA) more
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One word can change everything. more
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A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins & 7 nominations more
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Don't be a no man! more (183 total)


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Also Known As:
Yes Man (Hong Kong: English title)
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Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor, language and brief nudity.
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104 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Jim Carrey performed his own bungee jump stunts. more
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Continuity: When Carl is avoiding Peter's phone-calls, Peter rings Carl's doorbell. When Cal gets up to get the door, his cell phone is clearly on the arm of the couch. When he gets to the door and begins talking to Peter, his phone is in his hand. more
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[first lines]
Carl Allen: No.
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127 out of 153 people found the following review useful.
Don't be a no man!, 27 December 2008
10/10
Author: zoe_washburn from United States

I went to this film as one of those process-of-elimination things: Valkry had Tom Cruise, my friend had already seen Benjamin Button, Spirit's show-times suck, my local theater is idiotic and not showing Doubt or Slumdog Millionaire, all leaving Yes Man which neither of us were enthused about, but hey! it got us out of the house. We were shocked to leave the theater with our lungs hurting. The movie was well thought, well executed, and the humor was smart, snappy, and so far from the usual toilet humor of Jim Carrey. I was throughly and delightfully surprised with this film. On the note of message: I think this film actually has a very valuable message. Never in the history of humankind has the average person had so many opportunities to live life in ways never before imagined, yet never before have we been so isolated. Our computers; our phones; our mp3s and ipods; dare I say it, our movies all keep us isolated from actual social interaction. We are skeptical and judgmental about those who actually seek social interaction and friendship (site: Norman) that we fail to realize we are the ones who are actually lame--we are the ones not gathering with the people we love and those we have yet to meet. We are the ones spending our nights lulled into lame predictability, sitting in front of our TVs, telling characters in films to "just snap it off already." Yes Man is not just a fun filled film. It is a well deserved social critique.

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