The Yes Men

THE YES MEN is a comic, biting, and revelatory documentary directed by the filmmaking team behind the acclaimed Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner AMERICAN MOVIE. THE YES MEN follows the titular group, a small coterie of prankster-activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization on television and at business conferences around the world. The film begins when two members of The Yes Men, Andy and Mike, set up a website that mimics the World Trade Organization's and it's mistaken for the real thing. They play along with the ruse and soon find themselves invited to important functions as WTO representatives. Delighted to represent the organization they politically oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock unwitting audiences with darkly comic satire that highlights the worst aspects of global free trade.




 "It’s amazing what people will swallow when guys in suits and ties are cracking the whip." -- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE




 "Provides a therapeutic laugh for liberal audiences whose mouth corners have long been turned downward by the plumb bobs of reality." -- Ed Halter, VILLAGE VOICE




  "A rough-hewn but sometimes very funny sort of performance diary." -- Dennis Harvey, VARIETY




  "A head-shaking, gut-busting subversive film." -- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER