2008 · comedy · romance
Yes Man
Directed by Peyton Reed1h 44m2008
Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere, signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything.
Our read: Yes Man (2008) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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