Veer

Narrated by Matthew Modine

Propelled by an energetic soundtrack, Veer fluidly juxtaposes interviews with compelling footage. --- Michael D. Reid, Times Colonist

As funky as a chrome-plated unicycle and as instructive as a Bike to Work Week seminar, this tasty slice of Pacific Northwest cycling culture should fascinate anyone who prefers life on two wheels… Portland director Greg Fredette obviously knows his audience well and packs this fascinating doc with enough bike politics, culture, anarchy, art and people-profiles to make it a must-see for anyone who cares about bikes and their ever-increasing place in our daily lives. But if you think cycling is just a trend that’ll pass as soon as gas prices drop (ha!), this probably isn’t the movie for you… then again, maybe it should be. --- Monday Magazine

In this breakthrough doc, get ready for a wild ride through the growing underground bike culture of their hometown and America at large… the awesome world of Veer is nothing if not colourful at every turn. Grab your helmet. But be forewarned your old ten-speed is going to seem a little inadequate. --- Victoria Film Festival

(Veer) has the perfect scale and polish for its subject…it's a frequently heartening portrait of what there is to love, and love deeply…” --- The Oregonian

Veer gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the raw emotions, hard work, creativity, and silliness that defines bike culture. With minimal narration, the film expertly balances multiple story-lines, allows characters to develop themselves, and succeeds in sharing a message that should resonate...” --- BikePortland.org

Veer is an intense, funny, and wide-ranging movie, and the stories it tells could really be told anywhere. What holds them together is the thin but strong thread of two-wheeled transport. This is the greatest value of Veer. It unfolds a big road map of the bike world: a distributed community in which sometimes interweaving, sometimes distinct, and often hazily-defined groups choose wildly different strategies which lead in equally different directions. The average cyclist you see on the street might have no clue about these cultural nooks and crannies in their city, but all of us on bikes are affected by them. --- Momentum Magazine