Yes Man

Posted: November 14th, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Movies | 2 Comments »

Very few of us actually have trouble saying Yes to the thousands of solicitations we receive every day. What we have trouble with is saying No. This movie sets up a straw man argument, designed to make the audience feel better about the fact that they say Yes as much as they already do. The first level of subtext – that we actually don’t say Yes enough – is ridiculous. The second level – that it’s ok to forgive ourselves for how often we say Yes, because it could be a lot worse – is far more palatable.

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  • http://thebookwhore.info Beth

    As a book reviewer I find myself saying No quite a bit, and I’m not ashamed of that. The idea that we close ourselves off by saying No is a little offensive.

    That and this seems to be a reworking of Liar Liar, just with No for Yes instead of Truth vs. Lies. Sad, sad Hollywood.

  • miconian

    All good points. This movie is kind of like Bush telling people to fix the economy by shopping more.