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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 14 Apr 2013

Northern Exposure with Jason Bourne. Which is a backhanded way of saying this is far from the challenging movie it promised to be…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 14 Apr 2013

Feels more Hollywoodland than 'Promised Land…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 13 Apr 2013

Quietly powerful, this has a fine cast and yet it's very much Damon's movie, as he delivers his finest, most subtly nuanced performance yet…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for The List (2,018) on 26 Mar 2013

An earnest, fundamentally likeable film which challenges us to question what we're told rather than calling us to arms…

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By Dan Jardine (362) for Daily-Reviews (45) on 22 Mar 2013

Worth taking seriously, but hamstrung by avoiding larger political issues and coming down to a matter of individual conscience…

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By Dave White (762) for Movies.com (1,002) on 14 Mar 2013

Its quiet nature may give it longer legs over time, slipping its way into cable viewing, but it'll have to reach way beyond the typically urban…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 13 Mar 2013

neither a firebrand nor a puppyish Oscar-chaser. It's becalmed, downright mellow at times…

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By Greg Evans (65) for Bloomberg News (117) on 28 Feb 2013

As schematic as it is, Promised Land benefits from the tremendous appeal of its cast…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 14 Feb 2013

Director Van Sant's heart doesn't appear to be quite in it…

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By Andrew Pulver (217) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Feb 2013

Promised Land seems to lose its nerve a little politically: as it goes on, you realise it isn't about fracking at all, but a tract on machiavellian…

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By Mark Pfeiffer (406) for Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (402) on 04 Feb 2013

The makers of Promised Land clearly object to fracking but attempt, not always successfully, to explore the issue without stacking the deck…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for MovieMaker Magazine (25) on 02 Feb 2013

In attempting to make 'Promised Land' more than a simple diatribe about the evils of fracking, director Gus Van Sant ('Good Will Hunting,…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 30 Jan 2013

Damon the Oscar-winning writer does something nobody else in Hollywood would – write a dumb character for Matt Damon to play…

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By Nick Nunziata (53) for CHUD (345) on 14 Jan 2013

Promised Land is harmless but not compelling enough to warrant major attention…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 14 Jan 2013

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 13 Jan 2013

Promised Land is a low-budget effort, far too awkward and contrived a drama to change many hearts and minds…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 11 Jan 2013

The end result is simply a fracking mess…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 10 Jan 2013

Van Sant moves easily from dreamy, impressionistic narratives to conventional, less stylized storytelling, and he does the latter job well…

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By Chris Stuckmann (217) for Moviedex (362) on 10 Jan 2013

While Damon and Krasinski have penned likable, real characters, the story surrounding them is only sporadically compelling…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 07 Jan 2013

Though the crusading pic against fracking has its heart in the right place, the respectable narrative is too preachy to be entertaining or…

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