The Yes Men (film)

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The Yes Men
DVD cover
Directed by
Produced by
  • Sarah Price
  • Doug Ruschhaupt
  • Randy Russell
  • Chris Smith
Starring
  • Mike Bonanno
  • Andy Bichlbaum
Edited byDan Ollman
Music by
MGM Distribution Co.
Release dates
  • September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07) (TIFF)
  • September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24) (United States)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Yes Men is a 2003 documentary film about the early culture jamming exploits of The Yes Men.

The film revolves around "The Yes Men" — two

WTO. The film also includes brief interviews with Michael Moore and Greg Palast
.

The film premiered at the 28th Toronto International Film Festival in 2003. It was also shown as part of a special screening at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It is followed by a sequel, The Yes Men Fix the World.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 85% based on reviews from 84 critics.[1] On Metacritic the film has a score of 68% based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave it 3 out of 4 and called the film "Subversive and diabolically funny."[3] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4, and wrote: "Amazing in what it shows, but underwhelming in what it does with it."[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Yes Men (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ "The Yes Men". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ^ Travers, Peter (24 September 2004). "The Yes Men". Rolling Stone.
  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (October 1, 2004). "No one gets joke in 'Yes Men'". Chicago Sun-Times.

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