The Yes-sayer

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Movie
German title The Yes-sayer
Original title Yes man
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 6
Rod
Director Peyton Reed
script Nicholas Stoller ,
Jarrad Paul ,
Andrew Mogel ,
Danny Wallace (book)
production Jim Carrey ,
David Heyman ,
Richard D. Zanuck
music Mark Oliver Everett ,
Lyle Workman
camera Robert D. Yeoman
cut Craig Alpert
occupation

The Yes Man is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and starring Jim Carrey . The film is based on a true story as well as on the book "The Yes Man" by Scottish author Danny Wallace.

action

Carl is a middle-aged divorced man who lives in Los Angeles and makes his living as a credit advisor. He avoids social contact in order not to meet his ex-wife Stephanie with her new boyfriend, and he also ignores calls from his friends. Carl meets Nick, a former colleague who has apparently changed completely. Carl recommends a motivational seminar. On this day, Carl forgets his best friend Peter's engagement party. Then Carl decides to attend the motivational seminar, where he is publicly asked about his problems by the guru Terrence Bundley. Intimidated, he swears to himself that he will no longer say “no” but only “yes”.

After the seminar, a homeless man asks him if Carl could take him with him. Carl's instincts want to say "no", but Nick reminds him that the correct answer is "yes". When he arrived at his destination, the homeless man asks for the money in Carl's wallet that Carl reluctantly gives him. When Carl then realizes that he has no more fuel in the tank, he runs to a gas station where he meets Allison. She feels sorry for him and drives him back to his car on her scooter.

Encouraged by her spontaneity and his newfound sense of opportunity, Carl rhetorically asks her if they want to make out because he thinks she is going to say "No", but she kisses him. After this experience, Carl says “yes” to everything and everyone. When he gets a job promotion for agreeing to work on Saturdays too, he goes out to party with friends. When Carl then agrees to help his older neighbor, who promises to sexually reward him for it, he breaks his oath and says "No". Then some mishaps happen to him in a very short time, so that he returns to the neighbor and takes back his "no".

He then takes every opportunity to say “yes” and takes flight lessons, learns Korean and plays the guitar. Saying “yes” always works to Carl's advantage. For the first time he goes to a concert to which he has always turned down invitations. It turns out that Allison is the lead singer. Although the band sounds strange and the audience is sparse, Carl is impressed by Allison's spontaneity and quirks. Allison and Carl then start dating.

From now on, at the bank, Carl agrees to every loan that comes on his desk. This seemingly daring approach to lending money earned him a promotion to the board of directors in the microlending field . Carl can prevent a man from suicide by his newly learned guitar playing.

As Carl and Allison's relationship flourishes, the two meet at the airport for an impromptu weekend getaway. Allison asks Carl if he wants to move in with her. Carl hesitates, but finally agrees. When Carl is about to check in for the flight home, he is arrested by FBI agents. They suspect that Carl is a terrorist because he took flight lessons, is learning Korean and has agreed to a loan for a fertilizer company, met a Persian woman and spontaneously bought plane tickets.

Carl calls Peter, who is not only his best friend but also his lawyer. He travels to Carl and explains to the FBI that Carl is not a terrorist and that his strange lifestyle can be explained by the fact that he says "yes" to everything. The present Allison hears this and doubts from now on whether Carl's devotion was always honest. She learns about his marriage and their divorce, which he never mentioned to her. Then, regardless of Carl's feelings, she decides that she cannot trust a man who has pledged to always say “yes”. Allison leaves Carl at the airport, who tries unsuccessfully to contact her.

When Carl realizes that Allison has broken up with him, his ex-wife calls Stephanie, whose boyfriend broke up with her. Carl wants to comfort her, Stephanie wants the "old" times back. Then he says “No” and his luck disappears.

Out of desperation, Carl Terrence seeks Bundley so that Bundley may release him from the "yes" oath. Carl hides in the back seat of Bundley's convertible and speaks to him while driving. Bundley is startled and drives into an oncoming car. Carl wakes up in the hospital a few hours later to find out from the angry Bundley that there was never a vow and that he was never forced to say "yes" to anything. His intention was simply to show Carl other possibilities and not to deprive him of the ability to say "no" when necessary. Freed from this inhibition, he drives to Allison and apologizes to her. He tells her that he doesn't want to move in with her for the time being, but that he loves her and that he wasn't only with her because he couldn't say "No".

Carl and Allison jointly distribute a large donation of clothing from a truck to a dispensing point for the homeless. Bundley freezes on his next big gig because his entire audience is naked as they all couldn't say "no" and donated all of their clothes to Carl and Allison.

background

Jim Carrey at the premiere of The Yes Man

The film was shot in Los Angeles , Ontario , Pasadena and Burbank in California and Lincoln in Nebraska . Filming began in October 2007. The budget of the film is 70 million dollars estimated. It premiered on December 9, 2008 in London . On December 13th, 2008 it was shown at the Lucia Movie Night in Sweden . It was first seen in US cinemas on December 17, 2008, and in Switzerland on January 9, 2009. It was shown in German cinemas from February 19, 2009, and one day later in Austria . On the opening weekend, the film grossed more than 18.2 million US dollars at the US box office, with a total of almost 97.7 million US dollars in the US. Worldwide revenues totaled almost $ 229 million.

The film is based on an autobiographical book by Danny Wallace , a British author, producer and journalist who spent a year answering "yes" to every question or decision asked and recording his experiences. He can be seen making a cameo at the bar during the hen party. Originally, Jack Black was under discussion for the role of Carl Allen. Jim Carrey declined to be paid a fixed amount and instead received 36.2% of the profits made by the film.

In the scene in which the bungee jump is shown, Jim Carrey did not have himself doubled by a stuntman , but jumped himself. It was his first bungee jump and he thought it was nice to have this experience captured in the film. The director Peyton Reed shot the scene last, in case something had gone wrong. Carrey survived the bungee jump unharmed, but in a relatively safe stunt he broke three ribs when he fell on his back in the scene in which he collided with a waitress in a bar.

Also Zooey Deschanel gave up a stunt double, but not entirely voluntary. The day before she was supposed to ride a scooter for the first time , her stunt double fell and broke her hip, which is why Zooey Deschanel had to drive herself for the recordings.

One of the most famous movie posters shows Jim Carrey walking through a field of flowers, although Carrey doesn't do this in any scene during the film.

criticism

The OÖN wrote on February 19, 2009 that the film was a nice comedy with slapstick and very little depth. The proximity of the title to Barack Obama's successful election slogan “ Yes We Can ” was a concept, but the film would only meet this claim to a limited extent, as the punch lines are too transparent and the plot too predictable.

Christina Krisch wrote in the Kronen-Zeitung on February 19, 2009 that the film would come up with a lot of situation comedy and puns and that it was thanks to the director that the main protagonist turned from the obsessively hysterical movie idiot into a life-affirming comedian.

Soundtrack

Mark Oliver Everett , singer of the rock band Eels , worked as a composer for the film. This also explains why nine songs on the film's soundtrack come from the Eels. The other four songs are from the fictional band "Munchausen By Proxy", in which Zooey Deschanel appears as Allison in the film as a singer.

On November 23, 2008, the soundtrack for the film was released on Lakeshore Records , which contains 13 tracks.

No. title Interpreter Duration
1. Man up Eels 3:57
2. Bus stop boxer Eels 3:44
3. To Lick Your Boots Eels 3:29
4th The Good Old Days Eels 3:03
5. The Sound Of Fear Eels 3:33
6th Wooden nickels Eels 2:54
7th Flyswatter Eels 3:18
8th. Blinking Lights (For Me) Eels 1:59
9. Somebody Loves You Eels 3:04
10. Sweet Ballad Munchausen By Proxy (feat.Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva) 2:53
11. Uh-huh Munchausen By Proxy (feat.Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva) 3:14
12. Keystar Munchausen By Proxy (feat.Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva) 3:11
13. Yes man Munchausen By Proxy (feat.Zooey Deschanel & Von Iva) 3:11

Carl's cell phone ringtone, which can be heard at the beginning of the film, as well as the music in Carl's motorcycle scene towards the end of the film, is the title "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by the band Journey . During Carl's morning fitness routine with Allison, the song "Helicopter" by the band Bloc Party can be heard.

Nominations and Awards

Lead actor Jim Carrey received the award for best comedic representation at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards . In the same year Lyle Workman received the BMI Film Music Award . Furthermore, David Rubin and Richard Hicks were nominated by the Casting Society of America 2009 in the category “Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy”. In the Nick Kids' Choice Awards Jim Carrey was nominated for Favorite Actor in 2009. In the same year, Jim Carrey was nominated at the Teen Choice Awards in the categories "Choice Movie Actor: Comedy", "Choice Movie Hissy Fit" and "Choice Movie Rockstar Moment", while the film was nominated in the category "Choice Movie: Comedy" “Received. The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Release certificate for The Yes-Sager . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, December 2008 (PDF; test number: 116 428 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Der Ja-Sager . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Shooting according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ a b c d budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ a b c d Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ Specials on the DVD version
  8. ^ "Just like Pierre Richard once did" , OÖN , February 19, 2009
  9. ^ Kronen-Zeitung, Christina Krisch, February 19, 2009
  10. ↑ a b c d nominations and awards according to the Internet Movie Database

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