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The Yes Men Fix the World
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71 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Yes Men are anti-corporate pranksters who create phony Web sites to get themselves invited to high-level corporate conferences and media events - where they give hilarious, Swiftian analyses that unmask global injustice and satirize human rights abuses. They are the 21st century's answer to Timothy Leary's proselytizing for acid and Ken Kesey's busload of hipsters. The big difference is that they care less about changing minds than changing policy. But announcing, as spokespeople for Dow Chemical, that they will at last take full financial responsibility for the victims of Bhopal, they create a media sensation that embarrasses the real powers that be. And, outfitted in their wacky "SurvivaBall" getups, the Yes Men address a room full of straight-laced suits who don't think there's anything funny about going to insane lengths to assure one's personal safety in the event of any and all calamities. The Yes Men don't exactly speak truth to power. But their hearts are in the right place -- right next to their funny bones. (Shadow Distribution)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. New York Magazine
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    90
    Outrageously entertaining.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Stephen Farber
    80
    This movie is a hoot, and a pertinent one at that.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Stephen Garrett
    60
    God bless their antics, but the Yes Men's jestful jousting feels more like tilting at windmills

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. RandallM
    10
    Funny, potent and very entertaining... a must-see!
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  2. macl
    10
    It's incredibly funny and clever, the most enjoyable movie I've seen this year.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MikeyJ
    5
    Although the actual prank footage is great, I found the way they decided to string it together very contrived and the narration in it very irritating (Michael Mooresque talking down to the audience). I would have rather watched the pranks alone without the labourious attempts at fitting them into a story, if that's what you call their constant self-justifications. Saw at Toronto's Hotdocs in May '09.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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