Peyton Reed’s 2008 Romantic Comedy Paired Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel, But It Was Very Cringe
Growing up, Jim Carrey was The guy—king of rubber-faced chaos, delivering punchlines with the energy of a Red Bull-fueled cartoon. I was obsessed. I watched The Mask before a school exam once and spent the whole week annoying everyone by reenacting it.
Whether it was the wild antics of Ace Ventura, the idiotic brilliance of Dumb and Dumber, or the raw heart in Eternal Sunshine, Carrey could do no wrong. So when I recently rewatched Yes Man, ice cream in hand, expecting feel-good vibes.
Yeah, big mistake. The age gap? The zero-spark romance? It was giving cringe. Let’s unpack this misfire.
Jim Carrey says ‘yes’ to laughs—but ‘no’ to a believable romance Jim Carrey in Yes Man | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
I’ll be real with you—I hadn’t watched Yes Man in what felt like donkey years (translation: forever), and when I finally hit...
Whether it was the wild antics of Ace Ventura, the idiotic brilliance of Dumb and Dumber, or the raw heart in Eternal Sunshine, Carrey could do no wrong. So when I recently rewatched Yes Man, ice cream in hand, expecting feel-good vibes.
Yeah, big mistake. The age gap? The zero-spark romance? It was giving cringe. Let’s unpack this misfire.
Jim Carrey says ‘yes’ to laughs—but ‘no’ to a believable romance Jim Carrey in Yes Man | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
I’ll be real with you—I hadn’t watched Yes Man in what felt like donkey years (translation: forever), and when I finally hit...
- 5/2/2025
- by Jhelum Mehta
- FandomWire
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