The New York Times by Andy Webster
Breezy, intelligent, diffuse but uncluttered, Fredrik Gertten’s documentary Bikes vs Cars could be called a tale of congestion-plagued cities.
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Sweden · 2015
1h 30m
Director Fredrik Gertten
Starring Aline Cavalcante, Dan Koeppel, Raquel Rolnik, Joel Ewanick
Genre Documentary
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We are in a global crisis: the Earth’s climate and its resources are exhausted by cars in a rapidly urbanizing world of pollution and noise. The bike offers a promising solution-- this documentary follows activists and innovators fighting for greener cities. Despite the increasing number of bikers killed in traffic, they refuse to stop riding.
The New York Times by Andy Webster
Breezy, intelligent, diffuse but uncluttered, Fredrik Gertten’s documentary Bikes vs Cars could be called a tale of congestion-plagued cities.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Kate Taylor
There are unresolved questions and puzzling detours along the way, but Bikes vs Cars does show that cars, millions and millions of stationary cars, may yet prove the bike’s best friend.
Los Angeles Times by Martin Tsai
Although the film qualifies as an advocacy documentary, director Fredrik Gertten has put in the time to capture how these cities' unique scenarios unfold to mount a compelling case against the powerful automotive, oil and construction lobbies.
Village Voice by Meave Gallagher
It's not that anyone is opposed to bikes; they're opposed to anything that might threaten the profits of car manufacturers and oil companies.
Director Fredrik Gertten's Bikes vs. Cars is passionate but contradictory, a frustrating combination for a documentary that utilizes admittedly interesting data as a pitch to wean our car-crazed world off excessive driving.
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