Gary Lewis, Joan Allen, Raymond Waring
A love affair develops between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in this tale of religion, politics and sex. Tired of her loveless marriage with her politician h...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005
Stats: 226 reviews
I quite enjoyed the dialogue in this film, delivered in iambic pentameter rhyme. As someone who has often struggled with Shakespeare to me this felt like a modern day interpretation and a fresh take on a cross-culture romance. My only complaint was the film felt a little short, t...( read more)
Poetic and beautiful to watch but you don't really connect with any of the characters.
wow what a movie 2 watch...i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that simon abkarian, sam neill, joan allen,gary lewis, samantha bond all play good parts throug...( read more)
I wrote a paper on intercultural communication on this movie for school. That says it all. And I got an A.
If that is not enough I can say it is one of the most moving movies i ever saw.
It's not just any illicit affair, this passionate liaison between an Irish American married woman (Joan Allen) and a Lebanese surgeon (Simon Abkarian), who are both living in London. In Sally Potter's "Yes," their relationship becomes the jagged interface between two clashing wor...( read more)
The movie is really bad. There is no good story and these terrible characters; a stupid Islamist a boring female doctor, just the cleaner was good.
The verse quickly lifts the movie into a celebration of language, both spoken and unspoken. full review
Potter explores midlife ennui, (middle-)East-West tension, theology, biology and the irrational nature of romance in this ambitious, if ultimately sketchy, drama. full review
Studded with wonderful moments when the characters cut loose. full review
Alive and daring, not a rehearsal of safe material and styles. full review
If I really were a more clever man,
I'd spend more time in the sun getting tan,
And less time watching films that were a mess,
Then I'd be saved from writing about Yes full review
Yes offers a case study in the moral complacency of the creative class, and its verbal cleverness cannot disguise the vacuous self-affirmation summed up in the title. full review
You may get off on this enthralling stuff, but after half an hour I'd had enough. full review
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