The Yes Men Fix the World

Name: The Yes Men Fix the World
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 7, 2009
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 71

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Shadow Distribution | Release Date: October 7, 2009

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 KenThe 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

Director: Andy Bichlbaum and Kurt Engfehr and Mike Bonanno

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 87 min

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David Edelstein

Outrageously entertaining. Read full review

Stephen Farber

This movie is a hoot, and a pertinent one at that. Read full review

Marc Savlov

The Yes Men’s bravery and unflagging sense of optimistically doomed humor – which comes across as a quixotic version of Monty Python by way of Upton Sinclair – is to be applauded and, wherever possible, acted upon. Read full review

Marc Mohan

They also, with brilliant simplicity, point to the possibility of these actions being taken for real. Read full review

Amy Biancolli

Beyond question, the results are overstated, outrageous and wildly juvenile. But they're also a hoot to watch. Read full review

Stephen Holden

If the Yes Men’s antics have a lot in common with the stunts of Sacha Baron Cohen and Michael Moore, they are executed more in the spirit of dry amusement than as showboating, gotcha moments. Read full review

Michael Phillips

What are they trying to accomplish and is this really the best way to accomplish it? Read full review

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macl

Oct 19, 2009

It's incredibly funny and clever, the most enjoyable movie I've seen this year.