68
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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWhile it's not a great movie, it's a revealing study of how long it often takes for businesspeople to realize they're being freaked out, not flattered.
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorAn uproarious and appalling piece of consciousness-raising.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversSubversive and diabolically funny.
- 75New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannAn amusing side dish to the sober political documentaries flooding the art houses, The Yes Men effectively uses high farce to mock the status quo as a way of questioning it.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatWhile the antics of the group provide hilarity the documentary suffers only because there is large amounts of padding.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA sobering yet hysterically funny documentary.
- Smart and amusing.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceThough at times the film is snortingly funny, too much of the humor here rests on presupposed opinion about globalization.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisDiverting if heavily padded, this is the newest addition to an increasingly crowded field of political nonfiction films and certainly the easiest viewing.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveySometimes feels like an extended pilot for a smarty-pants broadcast series in the tradition of Michael Moore's "Awful Truth" and "TV Nation" skeins.