- Actors: Alison Mead, Jeremy Spriggs, Ian Edwards, Amirah Cole
- Directors: Angel Garden
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- DVD Release Date: 28 Feb 2005
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00070HKCE
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 146,292 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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A political satire about menopause, drugs and the law
Video Island, 2004
Yam is an entertaining and original movie. A film about strength, self-discovery and independence, cleverly coated in an amusing storyline.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
more yam,
By Susie Jewell (Swansea, South Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Yam [DVD] (DVD)
Definitely the funniest and most bizarre film I've seen in years and years. This complex, hilarious and fiercely intelligent story begins with slow rhythmic dialogue, mad camera angles and a quite surreal sense of deja-vue. Whilst it initially cons you into thinking you're watching a cross between an art movie and a Monty Python sketch, the levels, references and jokes grow into a new and original film genre. This spans from lampoon type slapstick to really subtle and clever wit. The film asks why we can't have cheap, safe and widely recognised medicine instead of expensive drugs that are loaded with side effects. It would be impossible to patent wild yam so there would be no huge profit for the pharmaceutical industry. It made me spit with laughter. As Ms Gardener is a keen observer of both people and the way in which the media represents them, she manages to make an important political/economical and social point whilst being thoroughly entertaining. I want much more of this.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Feminism is alive and well!,
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This review is from: Yam [DVD] (DVD)
As an old-style feminist who believes now, more than ever, that women do best when taking charge of our own bodies and keeping doctors at bay, this film was IT! It made me laugh, and shout approval, and feel eternally vindicated!
Pamela is going through the menopause. Her GP offers the usual "fixes", which she wisely decides not to take. On the advice of another woman on the allotment, Pamela takes a more radical, and effective, remedy - which gets her into trouble with her partner and the law! A must for all women, especially those with the menopause still to come. PS My friend tried it, and it worked!
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