Cast: Jim Carrey; Zooey Deschanel; Sasha Alexander, Terence Stamp, Molly Sims, Danny Masterson, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Labyorteaux. Fionnula Flanagan, Rhys Darby
SEZ: Jim Carrey relies on physical comedy and it's not so easy to find a story in which his physicality can be employed successfully especially as he gets older. In this story he is a depressed divorcee with low self esteem and a zero life. He goes to a seminar learning about the power of "YES" and, of course, he learns to say yes to everything. This, of course, takes him on a topsy-turvy ride of fun. And, Of Course, he finds the girl of his dreams and makes many people happy but things get complicated -- but never fear, of course, he works it all out. There are a few scenes which would probably make anyone smile but he is trying for hilarious and that's not happening. ANd there are too many "Of Courses" in the story. Good luck to you Jim-Bo in finding some new ways to be funny that transcend the need to be twenty-something years old. You are not 20 any longer and you need to start acting your age.
MJC: I am a sucker for feel good books & movies etc. This made me feel good so I let go of all it's faults. There was one clarifying moment when the hero gets the girl and Jim Carrey really looks his age and the sweet young thing he is embracing at the Griffith Park Observatory looks like his daughter and that tells the tale of where he has ended up. Time to find a way to be his age and still use that fabulous plastic mug of his to give us the laughs we so desperately wish for and need.
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