Almost three years from his last comedy success, Jim Carey returns to the big screen with his latest box of tricks. Carey stars as Carl Allen in “Yes Man”, a film where Allen is challenged to change his way of living by saying yes to everything no matter how ridiculous it is. Before attending the YES seminar he is a very reserved single guy looking for anyway to avoid his friends and spend many nights home alone. Not too much surprise Carl is in a dead end job with no promotion in sight and has been divorced for a couple years now. With not much to look forward to Carl is down in the dumps. Until he runs into an old friend, Nick (John Michael Higgins) who seems to have no fear and has completely changed his life.

Nick informs Carl of the YES seminar he attended and urges him to come to it. It takes sometime, but Carl eventually gives in and goes to see what all the fuss is about. At first a skeptic Carl still wants to use the word No, but with the help of YES guru Terrence Bundley (Terence Stamp) he gives in and decides to try it out. Saying yes to everything does not come quite so easy. His first task is saying yes to a homeless man, giving him a ride and all of his money. In the process of doing so he runs out of gas and gets stuck in the park. Taking a walk to the gas station he meets an interesting girl, Allison (Zooey Deschanel). Allison gives Carl a ride back to his car on her bike and he even gets a kiss in exchange. So could this yes game be a winning game after all?

The film was funny, but isn’t anything with Jim Carey funny? I think I was expecting a little bit more. It was a standard comedy with the same funny jokes from the same funny man, nothing fresh or new to offer the audience. Zooey Deschanel and Terence Stamp offered an interesting and comical addition to the show. The film did offer some great scenic views of California. Don’t expect much more out of this film than what you have seen in Liar, Liar. There are similarities and unfortunately the film did not surpass any expectations I had. Yes Man is sadly another standard comedy.