The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Loved it! Great film where two clever guys go to great lengths to show up nasty big corporations, the reaction of some representatives is truly saddening. They do mention how the government fits into this and how they should help, but overwhelmingly you will see that this so called free trade has a massive human/environmental cost- you will see CEO's, reps and the like laughing over such things on camera. Some may find these parts disgusting. I found this film made me laugh, made me angry and made me sad all at the same time- something i've never experienced before. What i hated was reading the other user reviews and finding that nearly everyone is talking about left and right, as if nothing else exists. That makes me sad and i'm dam sure it also makes them sad too. Some of you wise old folk need to try for one second to entertain that maybe they aren't right or left, and maybe, just maybe, they believe in something else entirely. The film, though funny, made me a little sad, reading the user reviews afterwards- more so. Shame:(.

The basic tenants of The Yes Men are things you need to either accept or reject. Their beliefs are decidedly anti-corporate and feel that much more government regulation is needed. A rather simplistic answer to complex problems if you ask me.The film consists of two anti-corporate jokesters pulling off hoax after hoax to expose the evils of corporations. The track record of Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum in this film is mixed--some of their hoaxes seem to work and make their points better than others.Their best hoax and strongest case is their first, as they pose as executives from Dow Chemical/Union-Carbide. In an interview with the BBC, they announced that ALL the assets of Union-Carbide are being liquidated to FINALLY pay off the victims of the Bhopal disaster in India--decades after thousands were killed. It appears that thanks to complicit government officials, the company had paid a pittance to the victims and survivors--and the mess was STILL just sitting there waiting to be cleaned up!! And, according to these pranksters, this was immoral and liquidation was the only solution. This was picked up in the media throughout the world and actually caused Dow Chemical stock to drop temporarily.Others, such as their attacks on Exxon and Halliburton, while funny, were also a lot less clear. Bonanno and Bichlbaum didn't seem to think they needed to prove these corporate entities were bad or how they were bad--they just were BECAUSE they were huge corporations. But, despite this HUGE problem, their stunts were quite funny--such as the so-called 'Surviva-ball' and candles made out of humans in order to combat the energy crisis! Overall, while I often disagreed with the film, it was clever and took LOTS of effort to pull off these many stunts. This film surely has contributed to the recent Occupy Movement. But what none of these people ever do is point out WHAT needs to be done and HOW. Communism didn't work and Socialist Europe is about to go bankrupt. So what are the solutions? Killing off the corporations certainly isn't the solution and despite decades of government regulation, things are far from perfect. So what do we do next? By the way, these crazy things you see from the film are available from their website--even the Surviva-ball!

About ten year ago,I had the pleasure of attending an evening of political humour in Hartford,Ct. One of the performances was half of a pair of pranksters known as The Yes Men (both were supposed to be in attendance that night,but only Andy Bichlbaum was present,as Mike Bonnano was home in bed that night,sick with the flu). Andy spoke of their pranks,especially disrupting the W.T.O. conference,posing as the CEO's of a financial firm. He screened a video of the prank. I,suffice it to say,was in awe. Some years later,the first Yes Men film made it's debut,which I was impressed with. Now,some years later, the second film is here. The documentary focuses on some of the pranks that they've pulled since then. Among the standouts,Andy Bichlbaum made an appearance on BBC,posing as a executive from Dow Chemical,making the announcement that Dow is finally taking responsibility for the 1984 Union Carbide chemical lead disaster in Bhopal,India (which of course,never happened,but it did cause Dow to take a major drop in their shareholders on Wall Street),as well as their posing as members of HUD (Housing & Urban Development),appearing in New Orleans,just after Hurricane Katrina,with the promise that HUD was finally going to do something about rebuilding there. Bichlbaum & Bonnano share credit for writing & directing this scathing,but funny documentary about two men who have a penchant for pranking people that they don't like much. Passing resemblance's to the films of Michael Moore,as well as a rather obscure fake documentary (mockumentary?)called 'Czech Dreams' from a few years back will be noticed. Not rated by the MPAA,this film has a rude word or two & some mild adult situations that would probably fly over the heads of children.

It has been many years since I have laughed so hard and for so long to the point where I risked sending myself into cardiac arrest. Let me say up front I'm a strong conservative and I realize these guys are about as liberal as they come - but at least I give them credit for realizing that humor is the best tool to attack the opposition.Having been involved in many political campaigns as an analyst, I've often criticized liberals for having an angry and bitter disposition to anyone who thinks differently. I didn't see that in Andy and Mike. They come across as good natured, which as a conservative I can then always respect their opinion - even if I disagree.Their pranks demonstrate just how gullible many in government and the media are - not to mention plain stupid. Being from Louisiana I can tell you it wasn't a difficult challenge to dupe the likes of a Ray Nagin (mayor of New Orleans) and Kathleen Blanco (at the time governor of Louisiana). But then, the scene where they get a respected businessman into a terrorist protective suit that looks like an obese cockroach with Halliburton stamped on the side takes "pranking" to a new level. Absolutely priceless! Andy and Mike, I might not agree with your politics, but I love your methodology of promoting your position. I can't wait to see the next pranks you pull.