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76
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71
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67
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65
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64
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62
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61
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61
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58
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57
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57
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55
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55
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55
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54
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54
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53
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49
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48
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47
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44
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41
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37
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37
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37
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36
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36
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35
Jumper
34
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34
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33
Superhero Movie
31
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24
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22
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xx
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xx
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xx
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76
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64
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51
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63
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74
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70
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62
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64
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67
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75
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86
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86
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84
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84
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83
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83
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83
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83
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83
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82
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81
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80
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80
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79
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79
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79
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78
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76
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76
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75
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75
Mongol
74
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73
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72
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72
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72
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72
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71
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71
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71
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70
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70
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70
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70
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69
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69
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69
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68
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68
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68
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67
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66
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66
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64
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64
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64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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62
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62
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62
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62
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61
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61
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60
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60
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60
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59
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57
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56
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56
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56
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55
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55
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55
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55
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55
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54
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53
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52
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52
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52
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52
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51
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51
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51
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49
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47
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45
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38
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33
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30
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Yes Men, The
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for language
Starring
The Yes Men
The Yes Men is a comic, biting and revelatory documentary which follows a small group of prankster-activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization on television and at business conferences around the world. (United Artists)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Dan Ollman
Sarah Price
Chris Smith
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 15, 2005
Theatrical: September 24, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
83 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
While it's not a great movie, it's a revealing study of how long it often takes for businesspeople to realize they're being freaked out, not flattered.

88
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt
These are some terrifically funny and gutsy guys who want to draw attention to what they see as the natural limit of WTO policy.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
When they're good, the Yes Men are astonishing, anarchic sights to behold.

80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
An uproarious and appalling piece of consciousness-raising.

80
Slate
David Edelstein
Breezy, brief, and often a howl.

80
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
More good-natured than Michael Moore, these guys score by raising the issue of just how much their amateur antics exaggerate the neocon principles of the WTO.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Packs a wickedly satiric punch.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Amazing in what it shows, but underwhelming in what it does with it.

75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
This movie could have been a nagging, preachy headache had either man exhibited a tendency for self-righteousness. But both are friendly, almost humble about their mischief.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
Thought-provoking, insightful and entertaining.

75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A sobering documentary done in a whimsical style.

75
New York Post
Megan Lehmann
An amusing side dish to the sober political documentaries flooding the art houses, The Yes Men effectively uses high farce to mock the status quo as a way of questioning it.

75
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Subversive and diabolically funny.

70
Film Threat
Brad Slager
While the antics of the group provide hilarity the documentary suffers only because there is large amounts of padding.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
A sobering yet hysterically funny documentary.

70
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Not to be missed.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Smart and amusing.

70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
The Yes Men's brilliant lies unlock explosive satirical truths, but the film runs out of steam a bit toward the end.

70
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Yes, The Yes Men is funny, but it's humor that hurts.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Inspiring and shows just how far a couple of guys, a few computers, and a good sense of humor can go.

60
Dallas Observer
Melissa Levine
It never attempts to know more than they do, or to encourage them to look deeply into themselves. As a result, the film is a little flat.

60
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Diverting if heavily padded, this is the newest addition to an increasingly crowded field of political nonfiction films and certainly the easiest viewing.

60
Village Voice
Ed Halter
Though at times the film is snortingly funny, too much of the humor here rests on presupposed opinion about globalization.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Fascinates by its very premise: the fact that, on the basis of a Web site logo, these two bozos could so easily pass themselves off as important officials.

50
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Sometimes feels like an extended pilot for a smarty-pants broadcast series in the tradition of Michael Moore's "Awful Truth" and "TV Nation" skeins.

30
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A few minutes of inspired lunacy aside, The Yes Men is largely a case of the same old preachers preaching to the same old choir.


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