THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD

WINNER! AUDIENCE AWARD ---VICTORIA FILM FESTIVAL

 Take the prankster chutzpah of Sacha Baron Cohen. Pair it with Michael Moore's crusading lefty outrage. Add two frazzled-looking guys in cheap suits. What do you get? The Yes Men, globe-trotting "culture jammers" who pose as corporate mouthpieces - and cause all sorts of mischief for all sorts of people in power. In 2003, they released The Yes Men, a documentary tracking their exploits. In their new sequel, they ramp up the production values, yielding a slicker, nervier film that's also - unexpectedly - more sincere. They're no longer content to just spoof the stuffing out of monolithic business interests. Instead, they want to change things. In the spotlight is Andy Bichlbaum, an angular, nervy fellow who shows up to speak whenever one of the group's fake Web sites - mocking Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, Halliburton - draws an invitation to speak at a convention. Politically, Yes Men Fix the World uses broad absurdity and agitprop performance art to make its point. Beyond question, the results are overstated, outrageous and wildly juvenile. But they're also a hoot to watch. –San Francisco Chronicle