Reviews

For Swedish reviews, please visit bigboysgonebananas.se.

24 November 2012, Screen Daily - Review
"Fredrik Gertten’s sobering and insightful Big Boys Gone Bananas!*should be compulsory viewing for any wannabe documentary filmmaker embarking on their investigative opus without a fear in the world."

10 January 2012, Whatnotdoc Blog - Review
"Why You Should Watch: Filmmakers especially should mark this one on their calendars, but the issues of corporate power and influence it deals with makes this relatable to all viewers."

22 January 2012, Indiewire Blog - Review
‎"After coming to Sundance and seeing the Swedish doc Big Boys Gone Bananas* which gives us the positive effect of one man winning against a major global corporation such as Dole, is heartening and hopefully will strenthen all the viewers' resolve to stand up against the Goliaths of the world...as we already are seeing in the Occupy movements and in the Arab Spring revolutions." 

26 January 2012, Gravity was everywhere then - Review
"Needless to say, this film is being screened and hopefully will continue to be screened bringing the issues of both corporate responsibility and the need to fight for documentarian human rights!"

27 January 2012, Civilized disobedience - Review
"BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* is a fun ride, well worth watching. It got a well-deserved standing ovation here at Sundance..."

1 February 2012, Variety - Review
"A David-and Goliath story that delves into corporate scare tactics, legal effrontery, brand protection, media manipulation, online propagandizing and craven behavior."

14 February 2012, Under the radar - Review
"BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* ... offers a sobering lesson to filmmakers who believe that all they need is the moral high ground and a just cause."

11 May 2012, Klymkiw Film Corner - Review & Interview
"Stunning documentary in the tradition of American Paranoid Thrillers of the 70s ..."

11 May 2012, Vancouver Desi - Review
"Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten chronicles his heartbreaking, and often funny, battle with Dole in this documentary that gets to the very core of the spin machine, and how it warps all notions of “freedom of speech.” 

Media links

For Swedish press coverage, please visit bigboysgonebananas.se.

6 January 2012, IndieWire - "Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers"
11 January 2012, edn.dk - "Fredrik Gertten, member of the month"
14 January 2012, Eco localizer - "Help protect free speech by supporting BANANAS!* filmmakers" 
20 January 2012, Filmmaker Magazine - Interview with Fredrik Gertten
20 January 2012, LA Times - "Films to see at Sundance"
21 January 2012, Bambuser - TV: Q&A with Fredrik Gertten after the Sundance premiere
26 January 2012, canada.com - "Have the big boys gone bananas at Sundance?"
26 January 2012, Times Clonist - "Big business gone "bananas"!
27 January 2012, Culturemap, Austin - "Redford is right: Documentaries rule at Sundance"
9 February 2012, The lip TV - TV: Interview with Fredrik Gertten, Ondi Timoner and Morgan Spurloc
25 April 2012, Judy Gombita Blogg - Interview with Fredrik Gertten before the Canadian premiere
28 April, Radio Netherlands Worldwide - RADIO: The State We're In - Interview with Fredrik Gertten
1 May 2012, Charlotte Magazine - "Interview with Fredrik Gertten Has Charlotte Gone Bananas?"