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  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary The story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. [Sony Pictures Classics]

Directed By: Sally Potter

Written By: Walter Donohue, Sally Potter

  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m

Yes

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 11 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary The story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. [Sony Pictures Classics]

Directed By: Sally Potter

Written By: Walter Donohue, Sally Potter

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
55
38% Positive
11 Reviews
41% Mixed
12 Reviews
21% Negative
6 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
55
38% Positive
11 Reviews
41% Mixed
12 Reviews
21% Negative
6 Reviews

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100
Alive and daring.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
It's a brave film, particularly on the part of Allen, and in many ways an accomplished film. But it's so bookish and clever that you can never fully embrace it, even when you wish you could.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
67
While Yes defies film's conventions in many, many ways, it's still that same old story, the fight for love and glory.
By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW
60
Potter's anachronistic rhyme schemes tumble forth with an out-damned-spot verve that rages against irrelevance.
By Laura Sinagra FULL REVIEW
50
The actors are emotional, but the presentation is theoretical to the point of absurdity.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
38
This is the kind of movie that nice people call ambitious. Let's just leave it at that.
By Allison Benedikt FULL REVIEW
12
The result is a unique time at the art house: a work whose badness becomes guiltily pleasurable, like a Harlequin romance novel masquerading as a dissertation.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 11 User Ratings
8.3
73% Positive
8 Ratings
18% Mixed
2 Ratings
9% Negative
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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 11 User Ratings
8.3
73% Positive
8 Ratings
18% Mixed
2 Ratings
9% Negative
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Production Company Adventure Pictures, GreeneStreet Films, Studio Fierberg, UK Film Council
Release Date Jun 24, 2005
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.yesthemovie.co.uk/
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Awards

Brisbane International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Seattle International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Emden International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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