Yes Man Page #8

Synopsis: Carl Allen is at a standstill. No future... Until the day he enrolls into a personal development program based on a very simple idea: say yes to everything! Carl discovers with amazement the magical power of "Yes", and sees his professional and romantic life turned upside down overnight: an unexpected promotion and a new girlfriend. But he'll soon discover that better can be good's enemy, and that all opportunities shouldn't be taken.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Peyton Reed
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow
  3 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG-13
Year:
2008
104 min
$97,600,000
Website
8,406 Views


You're right.

That imakes perfect sense.

That's what I told you. I said that.

- You didn't say that.

I did say that

- You didn't say it like that

Well, I didn't say it with an accent

- Well.

Thanks, Terrence.

Sorry about the car and your head there.

What time is it?

- 5:
40 in the morning.

Perfect.

I said that.

Whatever.

I'm going to hop in the bed

just in case the nurse comes back.

Sir, you need to get back to your room.

- No I don't.

Sir, stop right there.

- Eat me.

Lee, what are you doing here?

- I am a nurse, remember?

Oh, yeah, right.

Sorry, I borrow your car?

Well I don't have my car anymore.

I got my Ducati, thanks to you.

Ducati.

Have you ever driven one of these before?

They're quite powerful.

Yeah, I ride double all the time

on the scooter with Allison.

No, Carl, this is not the same.

You really have to be careful.

These things have a lot of ...

- Holy sh*t...

...torque.

How are you doin'?

- Can't complain.

Sorry.

What an a**hole.

Carl, what are you doing here?

I just wanted to tell you

that I don't want to live with you.

Oh, wow, thanks. My knight in shining armor.

Okay people, let's go.

But I want to be with you.

But I don't want to be with you.

I don't even know who you are.

Everything I said to you, I meant, except for

the part about living together.

That makes me nervous.

But that's normal. It's a big decision.

We shouldn't just jump into something

like that without thinking about it.

Why not? You do it with everything. You just

say 'yes, yes, yes' to whatever comes your way.

That's not true.

You can say no if you don't want to.

Oh, brilliant Carl. Where did you get that?

Your literature?

Look, I know the philosophy has some holes.

- Oh, you think?

Seems pretty air tight to me.

- But if I hadn't done that

I never would have met you.

Because the old Carl didn't think he was enough for anybody.

I thought if I said 'yes' to things and got involved with people

sooner or later they'd find out i'm not enough.

I didn't think I had anything to share.

But now I know what

I have to share is pretty huge.

And I want to share it with you.

- Do you mind, Reggie?

Seriously, dude.

- Sorry, seemed interesting.

Even if I had met you,

I never would have asked you out.

You were the complete opposite of me.

You did things and had friends,

and sang in rock bands

and made life happen.

You weren't scared of anything.

You don't think I'm scared of anything?

Who do you think I am?

I'm scared of a lot of things.

- And I'm scared too.

Let be scared together.

I don't know what you want me to say?

So just say yes,

but only if you really want to.

And can you do it kind of soon?

I'm starting to get a chill.

Yeah, I noticed that.

Well?

Maybe.

- Come on.

I'm not going to say that word.

- Okay, maybe is fine. Maybe's good.

I like 'maybe'.

Reggie, come on.

Excuse me but pleats are kind of out of style.

You got anything with a flat front?

Aww, Soo-Mi, pleats are out?

- It makes your package look good.

Thanks, guys. This is the single biggest

donation that we've ever haaad.

You're welcome,

but it was Carl that made it all happen.

You're a good man, Carl.

- No big deal.

I know a lot of people who are willing to give.

Say it a million times

Say it a million more times.

And the word you will have said two million times is:

'Yes!'

Good God.

Subz by XCEL

So, anything else we need to know?

Your instinct is going to be

to break with your chin or your forehead.

Try to resist that.

- That's right - Right

Oh, and thanks for the loan. I never

could have finished the suits without it.

Listen, i'm not going to think anything

less of you if you don't want to do this.

What?

I mean I'm still going to be attracted to you

if you're a little chicken.

What about one of those chickens

whose head didn't get cleanly severed

and my beak ends up in the bucket?

I'll see you at the bottom.

Unless you pass out.

I told you. My foot caught a nail.

I love this!

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Nicholas Stoller

Nicholas Stoller (born 19 March 1976) is a British-American filmmaker. He is known mainly for directing the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, its 2010 spin-off/sequel, Get Him to the Greek, Neighbors (2014), its 2016 sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, co-writing and executive producing The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, and writing and directing Storks (2016). more…

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