A mediocre idea made into a decent film, Men doesn’t quite have the Teutonic-plate shifting power it suggests, nor the comedic value it assumes.
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10/07/04
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The Yes Men (2004)
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Reviews Counted:81
Fresh:69
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7/10
Theatrical Release:Sep 24, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $151,884
Synopsis: Two average guys who are mistaken for World Trade Organization representatives accept invitations to attend international meetings and make TV appearances on behalf of the U.S. They are the Yes... [More]
Starring: Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum
Director: Chris Smith, Sarah Price, Dan Ollman
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The filmmakers include some good behind-the-scenes footage ... and have unfettered access, but the movie sometimes feels like one long college fraternity stunt.
10/07/04
Top CriticThe Yes Men feels padded at only 83 minutes, as if the footage had been stretched to fill the running time, but it gets the point across that humanity is sorely missing from the corporate world.
10/07/04
Top CriticIf Michael Moore were less stuck on himself, if there were two of him and if they hosted Punk'd instead of Ashton Kutcher, the result would be The Yes Men.
10/07/04
You can question the ethics of the ploy, but you can't argue with the absurdly revealing results.
10/07/04
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10/06/04
Don't miss this film.
10/06/04
Bichlbaum and Bonanno's pranks are clever and amusing parodies of post- globalizationimperialism. They are, however, about all The Yes Men has to offer.
10/06/04
Subversive and thought-provoking, though also a little too slack and unassuming for its own good; more 'why' and not just 'how' would have been a welcome addition.
10/05/04
Like an election special of Ashton Kutcher's `Punk'd.'
10/04/04
[They're] playing these jokes on these obscure audiences.
10/04/04
Top CriticYes, The Yes Men is funny, but it's humor that hurts.
10/01/04
Top CriticIt's so smirkily inside-baseball it never bothers to make its argument; the film simply proceeds from the assumption that all of us in the audience are in agreement with its point.
10/01/04
Top CriticEqually funny and sketchy -- like a leftist reality TV show that somehow took on an extra hour and pulled a guerrilla infiltration of movie theatres.
10/01/04
Top CriticIt is hard not to be sporadically impressed by the audacity with which they stir people, some influential, out of complacency about the plight of the world's poor.
10/01/04
Achieves what any good documentary tries to: It's thought-provoking, insightful and entertaining at the same time.
10/01/04
You can agree with the snarking, and that the targets are often worthy, yet wish for wittier satire. As edge goes in 2004, this goes in the direction of Johnny Carson skit reruns.
10/01/04
An issues-based doc with a sense of humor. It's a bit flimsy, but you have to hand it to these guys: They're con artists with convictions.
10/01/04
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonano are artists/activists with a special talent for manipulating the media -- this review included, probably.
10/01/04
This sly little documentary packs a wickedly satiric punch.
10/01/04
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