The Yes Men Fix the World
Shadow Distribution | Release Date: October 7, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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16
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90
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Outrageously entertaining. Read full review
80
EmpireStaff (Not credited)
Entertainment that tickles the justice-for-all glands. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
This movie is a hoot, and a pertinent one at that. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Mainly, Fix the World is about the beauty of the riff. The Yes Men are funniest when addressing a straight audience, making outlandish claims in favor of the free market and the benefits of unregulated catastrophe--the Black Plague gave us capitalism! Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc 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
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Hilarious. Read full review
75
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
It's provocative stuff, and The Yes Men approach it with a wicked sense of humor. Read full review
75
Washington PostJan Stuart
For those who enjoy the shift-in-your-seat kick of seeing emperors caught with their knickers down, however, the squirm factor achieved by the Yes Men out-Borats Sacha Baron Cohen at his most confrontational. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The film is entertaining in its own right, and thought-provoking. Why don't more people quickly see through their hoaxes? Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleAmy Biancolli
Beyond question, the results are overstated, outrageous and wildly juvenile. But they're also a hoot to watch. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
What have the Yes Men actually accomplished with their japery? Their film is an inadvertent reminder that activist antics are not the same thing as reform. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
They also, with brilliant simplicity, point to the possibility of these actions being taken for real. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Finds its titular merry pranksters up to yet more capitalist-critiquing chicanery and fat-cat-fooling fun. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen 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
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Compared to their first movie, "The Yes Men" (2003), this one focuses on many fewer hoaxes, but they're more elaborate and potent. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
An odd combination of righteous, raucous and rueful. Read full review
60
Time OutStephen Garrett
God bless their antics, but the Yes Men’s jestful jousting feels more like tilting at windmills Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Given the duo’s withering take on capitalism, it’s ironic that their stumbling second feature feels throughout like an infomercial for a shtick whose expiration date is rapidly approaching. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
What are they trying to accomplish and is this really the best way to accomplish it? Read full review
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