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The more serious Potter gets (there are several earnest soliloquies about dirt), the harder it is not to laugh.
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What are critics saying?
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The New Yorker by Anthony Lane
You may get off on this enthralling stuff, But after half an hour I'd had enough.
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The New York Times by Dana Stevens
Yes is not just a movie, in other words, it's a poem. A bad poem. There is no denying Ms. Potter's skill at versifying - or for that matter, at composing clear, striking visual images - but her intricate, measured lines amount to doggerel, not art.
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New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
The actors are emotional, but the presentation is theoretical to the point of absurdity.
60
Like its title, the film is ultimately an affirmation in the face of catastrophic negation, a bit obvious at times but nonetheless welcome.
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Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Bold, vibrant and impassioned, Yes is the work of a high-risk film artist in command of her medium and gifted in propelling her actors to soaring performances.
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Village Voice by Laura Sinagra
Potter's anachronistic rhyme schemes tumble forth with an out-damned-spot verve that rages against irrelevance.
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Ultimately has nothing of any real depth or profundity to say, but a thousand self-consciously complex ways of saying it.
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The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson
Like Potter's "Orlando" and "The Tango Lesson," Yes showcases a craft and a hushed, vibrant intensity that prove compelling even when the story loses its focus.