The Yes Men Fix the World

The Yes Men are a team of political activists who campaign for social justice through spoofs and hoaxes against questionable corporations. In this, their second documentary, they turn up on BBC World in the guise of officials from Dow Chemical, and pretend to accept responsibility for the Bhopal disaster.
 
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times: It is exhilarating, sometimes hysterical - unless you are from Dow or Exxon, or indeed Bhopal, where victims were brutalised by a morning of false hope before newspaper exposures restored disenchantment. The film, though brave, gonzo and often funny, raises the bar on the debate provoked by Michael Moore and Sacha Baron Cohen. How cruel does satire have to be - to innocent and guilty alike - to accomplish its missions? (Verdict: three stars out of five)

Leslie Felperin, Variety: The Yes Men's modus operandi owes much to Michael Moore's stunts for The Awful Truth and TV Nation, a little bit to novelist/essayist Jonathan Swift, and even more to class-clown-style practical jokery... [The film's] biggest laughs are generated not from the Yes Men's gags themselves but from the cutaway shots of audience members looking on with barely disguised shock or, even more disturbingly, unruffled acceptance.

Cath Clarke, the Guardian: Their hoaxes and aw-shucks-y voiceover might begin to grate were the Yes Men not having so much giddy fun. They've got an ear for silly names and product brands; Shepard Wolff for an oil rep, Vivoleum for candles made out of dead people. Their preposterous presentations are like art performances as much as political interventions (and the pair do look a bit Gilbert and George in their charity-shop suits). (Verdict: three stars out of five) ·