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THE YES MEN FIX WORLD

DIRECTED BY ANDY BICHLBAUM, MIKE BONANNO & KURT ENGFEHR

THE YES MEN FIX WORLD

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“Hilarious! A mix of Michael Moore and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Even if you don't agree with the Yes Men's political agenda, you'll get a big kick out of this movie.”
– V. A. Musetto, New York Post

"OUTRAGEOUSLY ENTERTAINING! Glorious testimony to the moral power of satire."
– David Edelstein, New York magazine
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“Shines with raw wit and originality.”
Newsweek

“There is more than one way for a film to tweak the powers that be.
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
goes at it with a raised eyebrow and a droll sense of humor.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“Comedic vigilante justice… Media-savvy pie-to-the-face.”
USA Today

“Exhilarating… brave, gonzo and often funny.” – Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

“This movie is a hoot, and a pertinent one at that.”
Hollywood Reporter

“Finds its titular merry pranksters up to yet more capitalist-critiquing chicanery and fat-cat-fooling fun.”
– Leslie Felperin, Variety

“Hilarious, therapeutic, inspiring. The Yes Men are geniuses.”
Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and No Logo

The Yes Men are anti-corporate troublemakers who get themselves invited to high-level corporate conferences and onto television, where they hilariously unmask global injustice. They are the 21st century’s answer to Abbie Hoffman, and like him they care less abut changing consciousness than changing policy. Announcing, as faux spokespeople for Dow Chemical, that the company will at last take full financial responsibility for the victims of the Bhopal disaster, they create a media sensation. Outfitted in their wacky “Survivaball” getups, they address a room full of straight-laced suits who don’t think there’s anything funny about going to insane lengths to assure one’s personal safety in the event of any and all climate calamities. The Yes Men collaborated on the entirely fake issue of The New York Times, originally printed last fall, to the great amusement of many. They don’t exactly speak truth to power — but their lies are just as powerful and very, very funny.

USA / INDIA • 2009 • 87 MINS. • IN ENGLISH • SHADOW DISTRIBUTION