| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...Carrey himself is miscast." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Jim Carrey works the premise for all it's worth, but it doesn't allow him to bust loose and fly." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"...more sweet than hilarious." more... |
B- |
E! Online
Luke Y. Thompson |
"Sadly, Yes Man really misses the point." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...has more chuckles than guffaws..." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"Jim Carrey's back in the zone with this agreeable concept comedy." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"The first time I saw Yes Man, I thought the concept was getting kind of stale toward the end. As it turns out, that was only the trailer." more... |
C- |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...too sluggish and slapdash a vehicle for its star’s prodigious wackiness." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"No one is going to argue that Yes Man is Oscar-caliber material, but it fills a necessary lower-brow niche when there are so many prestige offerings on screens." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Jim Carrey has reached an uncomfortable point in his career: He has gotten too old to act that way. You know, that way. That weird Jim Carrey way." more... |
D+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Travis Nichols |
"...charming bit of fluff..." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Yes Man is more than just familiar. It feels downright repetitive." more... |
C+ |
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