bandarmae These two guys are just the kind of political activists we need today. They show how every person can fight for justice and even go up against enormous corporations if you plan a careful and clever strategy using dark humor as your main weapon. What's really amazing is that they're small-town filmmakers from upstate NY who have pulled off a movie that's much better than most of the stuff Hollywood churns out.Though this is an older film, it's still one of the funniest and most satisfying documentaries you'll ever enjoy. You won't believe the stunts they get away with--and you'll be rooting for them every step of the way.You can even check it out for free now on Hulu.com.

Rindiana This one's a perfect example of good intentions fatally flawed by weak execution.Of course, all the anti-globalization pranks the Yes Men are confronting their unsuspecting audiences with are to be applauded for their daring activism, but even compared to the polemic and sensationalistic likes of Michael Moore (who even appears in this pic for a few short moments) there's no sharp satirical edge to the duo's mischief. Their fake presentations are simply too silly, while the didactic and emotional impact remains slight.Additionally, the storyline and editing are way too sloppy, focusing more on the Yes Men's preparations than on the activities themselves.Still, this kind of leftist guerrilla cinema is welcome, but it could've been so much better.5 out of 10 inflatable phallic monitors

jbeezz-1 This movie made a very important point with great humor about how corporations are destroying our country in the name of greed.Yes Men is great candidate for showing in high schools and colleges so that students can understand how harmful globalization is without boring them to tears.. Education shouldn't have to be painful.Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum, two very smart guys, spent a lot of time and energy and money to get their point across. Who cares if the audiences are not "high level"? This isn't an "in depth" documentary so if that's what you expect you will be disappointed. It's a hilarious documentary of a couple of ballsy buys who wanted to make a difference by getting their point across and having some laughs. The fact that they don't go IN DEPTH is what makes it perfect for the classroom. There is lots and lots of room for discussion and it's this discussion that raises awareness of the hypocrisy of corporations and their greed. For those writing thesis on how bad and shallow this film is, perhaps they should lighten up and not take themselves so seriously.

jerome_horwitz The Yes Men is a documentary of a group of pranksters who falsely assume the identities of World Trade Organization officials. The purpose of the group, The Yes Men, is to point out the lack of humanitarianism exhibited by those interested in world politics.The Yes Men are invited to speak at different functions around the globe masquerading as legitimate W.T.O. officials. To make they're point The Yes Men produce totally absurd concepts and presentations.The first conference covers how the W.T.O. views the future of the textile industry. The Yes Men come up with a concept for a business leisure suit. During the presentation, animations and an actual prototype suit worn by the fake speaker are used to demonstrate the possibilities. Describing the suit, it's shiny gold and skin tight, and has a large phallus shaped groin attachment which has a TV screen on it so a manager can monitor employees and stimulate them as necessary, all while doing leisure (aka "freedom") time activities. Unfortunately the audience at this conference doesn't appear to react at all to this totally absurd concept especially to the idea the poor workers need constant monitoring, and the wealthy management simply must have more leisure availability. It's like this is completely normal! The Yes Men next present a fake W.T.O. lecture on recycled feces burgers at a college in the U.S.A. Fortunately they finally meet some resistance to these outlandish ideas. One may wonder if this same concept had been introduced at the prior conference how would those people have reacted? This movie is a commentary on the current state of world trade, and how corporations run everything.The last conference has The Yes Men declaring the W.T.O. will be dissolving itself, basically due to it's inability to keep a humanitarian view regarding trade policies. The ironic thing is in post conference interviews, many of the attendees seem to agree with these basic self-accusations brought on by the W.T.O., against itself. One may wonder what happened to these folks that were duped, and how they're comments about a fake dissolving may have affected their lives personally or professionally?This movies is enjoyable as a satirical comedy with a message. However, we really don't learn that much about the details of these trade problems. Also as fun as it is to blame corporations. Corporations are run by people, and so is the W.T.O., and so are governments. Seems to me maybe they're focusing on the wrong problem.5/10