Review of Promised Land (2012) by Jan H — 11 Jun 2013

I loved loved loved this movie. Screen play was great full in love with the characters.

This review of Promised Land (2012) was written by Jan H on 11 Jun 2013.

Promised Land has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Spangle (1,205) on 29 Apr 2017

Promised Land is a celebration of this forgotten group of people. The farmers that slave daily to see their crops be profitable…

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By Glen B (90) on 08 Dec 2017

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By Andy W (983) on 14 Feb 2014

Great performances and nicely directed by Van Sant, it has a through-line of interest which never peaks too highly…

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By Blake P (935) on 10 Mar 2014

Promised Land caught my attention a few months ago when I watched David Letterman interview Matt Damon late one night…

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By Terry G (246) on 11 Apr 2015

Not bad. But really a movie that tries everything and then, all over sudden, going back to square one, accomplishes nothing…

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By Mike C (1,722) on 11 Mar 2014

I so a heavily censored version of this little known Gus Van Sant movie on the flight from Sydney to San Francisco last year…

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By Matthew P (1,636) on 04 Jul 2014

Wow is Matt Damon looking old, still love him though. For the longest time I had a hard time figuring out who the bad guy was…

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By Phillip O (78) on 10 Mar 2014

I gotta bias towards green films... loved it…

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By Chad S (385) on 22 Jul 2014

Somewhat slow and predictable. Save it for DVD…

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By Brendan N (1,490) on 11 Oct 2015

Simple movie, some really noteworthy moments, but overall just a pretty good film nothing to write home about…

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