A little too silly and maybe even shallow, "Yes Man" is a light flick that manages to draw some laughs and deliver a valuable message on how people should live the only life they got.

Going back to his comedic roots after spending five years foraying into more dramatic work, including the critically acclaimed "The Majestic," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and the far less revered "The Number 23," Jim Carrey hits the screens as Carl Allen, a junior loan officer at a bank, who has pretty much stopped living.

Ever since his wife left him for another, Carl has gone to extreme lengths to avoid any contact with her, or most people for that matter. He's stuck in his dull life, saying no to everything, refuses to go out much, in fact he's making efforts to persuade his friends not to invite him anywhere, and he's feeling a bit depressed generally.

When he accidentally forgets about his best friend's engagement party and he gets passed over for a promotion, he accepts a pal's push into attending a self-help class led by Terrence Bundley (Terrence Stamp) where people are encouraged to say yes to life, literally, and he reluctantly takes the challenge.

What follows next is a string of wacky situations Carl gets himself into by saying yes, similarly to Carrey's role in "Liar, Liar" when he was magically forced to tell the truth for a day.

Carl's life changes radically both professionally, when he starts approving loans and taking chances on applicants, later landing a promotion, and personally as he starts meeting and helping people converting from a person of negative thoughts, to a positive thinking fellow.

Although disastrous at first, as Carl ends up with an empty gas tank and a dead cell phone battery after helping a homeless guy, his decision to say yes to everything proves to be worth when he bumps into lovely Allison (Zooey Deschanel) which is when their unusual romance starts.

Two random people who are totally opposites come together because of their spontaneity, fall heads over heels in love with each other, but like all romances, there is no such thing as smooth sailing, even though this takes place in the last act and rides to the finale fairly quickly. 

The format is more or less the same of what we've been used to seeing Carrey perform in his comic outings, with the main idea being a modern moral story urging people to stop going through the motions of life and start seizing the day.

Directed by Peyton Reed ("The Break-Up") and adapted by Nicholas Stoller ("Fun with Dick and Jane") from the Danny Wallace memoir probing a similar dilemma, "Yes Man," comes in more or less the same format of what we've been used to seeing Carrey perform in in his comic outings.

Aside from the modern day moral urging people to stop going through the motions of life and start seizing the day, the movie is loaded with original jokes and funny moments. However, Carrey makes use of his rubber face a lot less compared to his earlier roles. It seems as though years of perfecting his comic roles as well as starring in more grown up roles have tamed him a bit. A lot of the arrogance and awkwardness revolving his earlier films seem to be missing this time around.