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Yes (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 83 Fresh: 43  Rotten:40 Average Rating: 5.7/10
 
Consensus: Emotional performances/ Can't stop the curse/ Of ever-present pretensions/ Writ in heavy-handed verse.
 

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Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Theatrical Release: 05-08-2005

Synopsis: Oscar nominee Joan Allen gives a remarkable performance in Sally Potter's YES, an extraordinary look at love and politics set in London, Belfast, Beirut, and Havana. Allen stars as an unnamed Irish-American scientist disillusioned with her marriage to Anthony (Sam Neill), who is more... Oscar nominee Joan Allen gives a remarkable performance in Sally Potter's YES, an extraordinary look at love and politics set in London, Belfast, Beirut, and Havana. Allen stars as an unnamed Irish-American scientist disillusioned with her marriage to Anthony (Sam Neill), who is more interested in his political job--and other women. Fed up with his affairs, she falls for an unnamed Arab cook (Simon Abkarian) and begins a torrid sexual relationship with him. A successful molecular biologist, she also puts her life under a microscope, but she is afraid to go after what she really wants. Meanwhile, her lover is much more open about the things he used to have when he was in Lebanon, reduced now to working in a British kitchen in order to barely survive; he comes to resent that she pays for everything in their romance, leading to tension and extreme situations. Writer-director Potter (ORLANDO) shows a sharp eye for the human condition and the fragility of love in this unusual and extraordinary film in which all of the characters speak in iambic pentameter. In addition to mixing in different styles, including slow motion, grainy shots, and freeze frames, Potter has a series of maids, especially the one played by Shirley Henderson, face the camera, reacting to what is going on around them. Henderson often addresses the audience, humorously pointing out that no matter how thorough people are, there is still always a little dirt to be cleaned up. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Shirley Henderson, Sam Neill, Sheila Hancock

Director: Sally Potter
Screenwriter: Sally Potter
Producer: Christopher Sheppard, Andrew Fierberg
Composer: Sally Potter

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 11, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
  • Subtitles - French - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - "Finding Scene 54"
  • Trailers - Sony Previews

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos - "Behind-the-Scenes"

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In the wake of London's own terrorist attacks, Yes is a film that needs to be seen.

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08/07/05
Joe Utichi
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08/05/05
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2.5/5

Punctuated with genuinely powerful scenes, but it's overloaded with dialog and ideology, and extremely heavy going from the start.

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06/02/05
Rich Cline
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3.5/4

Sally Potter has achieved a work that sings to us -- sensually, angrily, and beautifully.

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07/27/07
David N. Butterworth
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05/12/06
Jonathan Kiefer
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B+

Has its moments of curious pronouncements about the world that have the ring of poetical truths.

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11/12/05
Dennis Schwartz
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An experimental film that's dissatisfying in its literary pretentions and artistic ambitions to portray characters that are both particular individuals and political symbols

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11/10/05
Emanuel Levy
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You’ll either be reaching for your barf bag (me) or you’ll be captivated (Oprah book club members with lifetime subscriptions to True Romance magazine).

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11/02/05
Staci Layne Wilson
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Despite many interesting mise-en-scene moments, the film disappointingly feels as sterile as the family's immaculately clean house.

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11/01/05
Andrew Sun
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Pretentious or artistic? ... a visceral film that is both hypnotic and irritating.

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10/21/05
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09/26/05
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2.5/4

Despite the excellence of [Potter's] film craft and the quality of the performances, the movie’s gimmicky use of language upstages its humanity.

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09/16/05
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star
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The actors are so committed to Potter's vision, they persuade you to go along with them.

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09/08/05
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Art-house director Sally Potter casts a great actress in her canvas.

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08/26/05
John Wirt
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08/20/05
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A rich stew of intellectualism and eroticism, sort of like My Dinner With Andre with better sex scenes.

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08/19/05
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
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