Inspirational as the themes may be, it’s still a formulaic Jim Carrey comedy the likes of which we’ve seen before, and will no doubt see again.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 5, 2024

Carrey plays his humor closer to the bone and the result is funnier, more heartfelt and more believable.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 27, 2020

'Yes Man' is also an ineffective sample of the limitations of Peyton Reed as a filmmaker. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | May 8, 2020

It's a breezy, light-hearted film with some truly comic moments.

Full Review | Feb 28, 2020

[Jim Carrey] connects with you, off and on, to make you laugh. Only thing is, Carrey's face-pulling, eye rolling antics have been served up once too often to for us to be enamoured anew.

Full Review | Apr 29, 2019

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 21, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 23, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

As self-help comedy, the movie is no more overdetermined than its own highbrow counterpart, Happy-Go-Lucky.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2011

It's a decent enough time-killer for Carrey fans and those after something light and non-taxing after a heavy Christmas Day feast.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2011

I have to admit that it was pretty funny a lot of the time.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

As much as I try to convince myself I'm tired of Jim Carrey, darn it, he almost always amuses me.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 4, 2011

A ready-made Christmas-time crowd-pleaser that pretty much plays it safe, even in its cruder moments, and will be in circulation on cable soon enough.

Full Review | Dec 17, 2009

Mr. Carrey's performance is a return to the rubber-faced roles that dominated multiplexes in the mid- to late '90s, and that's not necessarily a good thing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 30, 2009

Yes Man is proof that reverse psychology works; No, it's not worth seeing because, no, it's not that funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 2, 2009

The benefits of grounding comedy in reality are never-ending, and Yes Man takes advantage of most of them. Peyton Reed is officially one of my favorite comic directors.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 31, 2009

[The] writers...pay lip service to the dark side of 'yes,' but don't do enough to explore what could have made the film more than a bouncy entertainment. [Blu-ray]

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 25, 2009

...Jim Carrey's most entertaining comedy since 1997's Liar Liar...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 21, 2009

I found myself having a few pleasant chuckles but still frustrated at the movie for not bothering with telling a story that hasn't already been told a million times before.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 24, 2009

A film that has little plot until the last act, yet Carrey rises above it to bring it to an acceptable level.

Full Review | Apr 19, 2009