Featurettes: “Jim Carry, Extreme Yes Man”, “Exclusive! On Set with Danny Wallace”, “Future Sounds”, “Downtime on the Set”, “Exclusive! Say Yes to Red Bull”, “Munchausen by Proxy”, gag reel, BD-Live Clips, “Exclusive! Party Central with Norman Stokes”, deleted scenes

I'm not going to suggest saying no to yes. Maybe might be a better option for film fans. “Yes Man” takes Jim Carrey into familiar territory…all too familiar territory. It’s as if some one watched Jim Carrey comedies and decided to use all of the movie as a template for this movie. It’s not a great movie although it does pretend to be. Carrey plays a loan officer who gets dragged along to a self help seminar by a friend (John Michael Higgins). Terrence Bundley the motivational speaker (Terence Stamp)leading the seminar changes Carl’s (Carrey) life into a series of “yes” moments that truly alter his life including a romance with a singer (Zooey Deschanel). ***

“Yes Man” strikes me as a pitch that sounded funnier than the actual movie itself. It’s pretty obvious when a Carrey comedy is running low on inspiration he can become a bit manic and he does that pretty effortlessly here as well. Fans that enjoyed “Liar, Liar” will probably enjoy “Yes Man” which is pretty much the same film redux in many respects or at least conceptually. ---

Image & Sound:

“Yes Man” looks surprisingly good in a nice Blu-ray transfer. Skins tones aren’t as accurate as they could be. Digital artifacts occasionally rear their ugly heads but over all the film looks pretty good just not outstanding as I would expect a recently released move. ***

Audio sounds quite good with dialog crisp and clear and we even get some nice surround effects particularly during crowd scenes. Just have realistic expectations and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

The special features are all in high def which is a nice plus and we do get some BD Live exclusives. ***

“Jim Carrey, Extreme Yes Man” is a standard making of featurette. “Exclusive! On Set with Danny Wallace” allows the writer of the film to give a tongue-in-cheek tour of the set. ***

“Future Sounds: Munchausen by Proxy” focuses on the band that appears in the film. “Downtime on the Set” allows Carrey to be silly walking around the set. We also get five music videos with the band performing. ***

We get deleted scenes, a gag reel and exclusive BD-Live clips that you can download although I haven’t used this feature as of yet. ---

Final Words:

Revisiting the formula that worked for him in the past works somewhat for Carrey in “Yes Man”. It’s an enjoyable if uninspired comedy. I recommend renting before buying to see if “Yes Man” appeals to you.

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6 out of 10/Sound: 7 out of 10/ Special Features: 5 out of 10