Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Alive and daring.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Beautifully composed and deftly delivered, it becomes the libretto to Potter's visual music, creating a remarkable lyricism and emotional directness.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

For those who accept Potter's premise -- and why not embark on a challenging, enriching experience? -- this is a unique, bold adventure of the soul.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey

Ultimately, Potter's fable is about how a catastrophe forces us to ask what we believe and why.

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.

Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy

It's a brave film, particularly on the part of Allen, and in many ways an accomplished film. But it's so bookish and clever that you can never fully embrace it, even when you wish you could.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Bill White

From the floating particles of dirt that open the film to the final image of a man and woman on a beach, Yes insists that we live with our mistakes since there is no escaping them.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Potter explores midlife ennui, (middle-)East-West tension, theology, biology and the irrational nature of romance in this ambitious, if ultimately sketchy, drama.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

The results are visually striking, but conceptually they oscillate between poetic, pretentious, and philosophically dubious.

Austin Chronicle by Steve Davis

While Yes defies film's conventions in many, many ways, it's still that same old story, the fight for love and glory.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Like its title, the film is ultimately an affirmation in the face of catastrophic negation, a bit obvious at times but nonetheless welcome.

Village Voice by Laura Sinagra

Potter's anachronistic rhyme schemes tumble forth with an out-damned-spot verve that rages against irrelevance.

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.

The Hollywood Reporter

Despite many interesting mise-en-scene moments, the film disappointingly feels as sterile as the family's immaculately clean house. In a sense, the movie is too ambitious.

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

The actors are emotional, but the presentation is theoretical to the point of absurdity.

The New Yorker by Anthony Lane

You may get off on this enthralling stuff, But after half an hour I'd had enough.

Variety by Scott Foundas

Ultimately has nothing of any real depth or profundity to say, but a thousand self-consciously complex ways of saying it.

New York Post

The more serious Potter gets (there are several earnest soliloquies about dirt), the harder it is not to laugh.

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.