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2004 Certificate 15
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YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband and Shirley Henderson a .. Read more

Starring Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson
Director Sally Potter
Genres Drama

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YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband and Shirley Henderson a philosophical cleaner who witnesses the trail of dirt and heartbreak the lovers leave behind them, as they embark on a journey that takes them from London and Belfast to Beirut and Havana.

Starring Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Sheila Hancock, Samantha Bond
Director Sally Potter
Studio OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 09 Jan 2006
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Yes

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  • One of the most impressive and multi-layered explorations of the international fault lines made terminally apparent by... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • Potter's finest film. A real treat.

    • Time Out
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

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  • 21 out of 22 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    er .... no !

    I'm struggling to comprehend some of the flowery plaudits lavished on this film in previous reviews? even comparing Sally Potter with The Bard!

    To my mind this is a classic example of style over substance. What is with the rhyming couplets? pure pretention on a stick ..

    The whole backbone of the story just doesn't ring true for me. Honestly - why would an attractive, intelligent woman be interested in a beirut kitchen worker who looks like one of The Chuckle Brothers?!

    What's with Shirley Henderson and the cleaning connection? ... and Sheila Hancock's Communist aunt from Ulster is just ridiculous, and the worse attempt at a Northern Irish accent I have ever heard ..

    You only have to see the 'making of' featurettes in the extras to see just how into herself Sally Potter is ..

    Arty Farty Jazzy B*ll*cks !

      • Paul Jay from London, England ..
      • Posted 08 Sep 2006 14:57

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Less than the sum of its parts.

    I'll start by saying that I watch a lot of low-budget films and like odd concepts or new ideas. I didn't read any reviews before watching this. I can't remember why I ever chose it in the first place.

    I did watch it all of the way through, but it was a struggle at times.

    The problem with the film is the attempt to make all of the dialoge rhyme. I found this extremely annoying. With normal speech the flim would have been instantly a lot better. The worst rhyme I spotted was 'grieving' and 'leaving'. It also put a straight-jacket onto the ebb and flow of the scenes.

    I watched the extra features and it appears that the director really did put her heart into this, believing that she was revealing truths about the differences between men and women, east and west, and different religions. Sadly, she was deluded. There's a great moment at 16:19 in the extra feature where the two poor actors look at each other as the director explains what she wants. It's a look that suggested to me 'we're professionals, we'll do anything, but what is she on?'.

    I found the cleaning maid monlogues entertaining. The use of cleaners in many scenes and their expressions also made me laugh. The Jamaican 'all for jesus' kitchen worker was also mildly amusing.

    In general, the characters seemed very shallow and the plot very contrived. When the Irish aunt died I thought 'so what?'. The Scottish kitchen workers seemed were a pure stereotype.

    I read online reviews after I had watched the film and it looks like about 70% of people were not impressed with it. I'm usually the first to defend films that receive a drubbing from the masses who fail to appreciate them, but this time I'm with the masses.

    A poor film, with some moments of excellence in it, mainly from the actors.

      • Tom Stickland from Stonehouse
      • Posted 09 Apr 2008 19:17

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