Urbanized is a documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit and released on 26 October 2011.
Marketing
To promote the documentary, Hustwit commissioned a set of four limited edition posters based on four themes related to urban design.
Reception
The film was well received by critics.
gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "an undertaking on an impressive scale" while suggesting that the documentary could have used more interviews of ordinary people.
Writing for
The New York Times, A.O. Scott compared the film to "a really good class taught by a team of enthusiastic professors," although he noted "a distinct bias in favor of Jane-influenced new urbanism and against other approaches to city planning."
, meanwhile, called
Urbanized "gorgeously photographed" while praising the film's interviews and Hustwit's ability "to make even the most banal of cityscapes appear appealingly utopian."
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