The Yes Men Fix the World

The Yes Men Fix the World is a 2009 documentary film about the culture jamming exploits of The Yes Men. The film premiered in New York City and Los Angeles on October 23, 2009, and in other U.S. cities beginning on October 30. Due to the movie being sued by United States Chamber of Commerce, a special edition of the movie is distributed through bittorrent through VODO and other prominent torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and EZTV.^[1][2]

The Yes Men Fix the World
Promotional film poster
Directed by	Andy Bichlbaum Mike Bonanno Kurt Engfehr
Produced by	Doro Bachrach Patrice Barrat Ruth Charny Alan Hayling Laura Nix Jess Search Amy Sommer Juliette Timsit
Starring	Andy Bichlbaum Mike Bonanno Reggie Watts
Edited by	April Merl
Music by	Neel Murgai Noisola
Distributed by	HBO
Release date	October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23)
Running time	87 minutes P2P Edition: 96 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom France
Language	English

The film documents the following projects:

• Dow Chemical and Bhopal
• ExxonMobil Vivoleum
• Halliburton Survivaball
• HUD and post-Katrina public housing
• The New York Times hopeful future edition

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 57 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "The Yes Men aim their barbs at the capitalist fat-cats with gutsy and hilarious performance pranks."^[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[4]