Review of Promised Land (2012) by James Verniere for Boston Herald — 28 Dec 2012

The 'Music Man' of movies about fracking.

You can read the full review where it was originally posted online.

This review of Promised Land (2012) was written by James Verniere and published by Boston Herald on 28 Dec 2012.

Promised Land has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Promised Land (2012) Movie Reviews (561)
Promised Land (2012) Critic Reviews (131)
Promised Land (2012) User Reviews (430)

More Reviews of Promised Land

Review of Promised Land (2012)

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…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Alex P (1,080) on 03 Jan 2015

Promised Land is about a man played by Matt Damon who tries to purchase the rights to fraking on rural economically declined farm lands…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Sage H (142) on 19 Sep 2014

Promised Land is very much a film with an agenda, which isn't inherently a bad thing, but the way in which it goes about discussing the issues…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

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…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Johnathan M (149) on 18 Jul 2014

Not a film that will ever set the world alight perhaps but a good watch. It's a good story with good performances throughout…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Bfoore90 (601) on 12 Oct 2016

Promised Land is a solid flick with a good message about the dangers that come with fracking and how big businesses try to take advantage of…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

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…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Scraper (152) on 14 Apr 2016

I really wish representatives of my interests didn't put together such manipulative crap…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

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…

Read Review

Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Seraphael X (2) on 23 Jun 2018

Excellent movie that offers a realistic look into the world of corporate tactics and behavioral manipulation of the masses…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Lost Boys (1987)

By Deadanothink (7) on 24 Jul 2014

OH C'MON SERIOUSLY? This movie is an I WANT AND I CAN'T. The worst vampire movie ever…

Read Review

Review of Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

By Arseniy V (499) on 14 Dec 2015

How delightfully overrated. Mainly a meticulous, stretched-to-shit study of just how stoned cool cowboys can get on their own coolness…

Read Review

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 04 Jan 2007

Starts off on the wrong foot with the wrong tone, then keeps stumbling and bumbling its way to a climax half the people who buy tickets will…

Read Review

Review of Snow Cake (2006)

By Xan Brooks (287) for Guardian (4,584) on 22 Sep 2006

If Rickman these indignities like a man with his mind on other things, he's probably just shell-shocked by the antics of his co-star…

Read Review

Review of Little Children (2006)

By Michaeldn (28) on 21 Dec 2012

The subplots are unbelievably generic, and not even done in an original way…

Read Review

Review of Chocolat (2000)

By Jay Boyar (463) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 22 Dec 2000

It wants desperately to seem like a hand-made delight, but you can tell that it comes from a factory…

Read Review

Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

By Rick Q (325) on 23 Feb 2013

So poorly done it is beyond description. It's the script, it's horrible. Welles must be spinning in his grave…

Read Review

Review of Lolita (1962)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 25 May 2012

Irons' doleful lassitude sucks the energy right out of the story and makes this listlessly directed adaptation droop all the more…

Read Review

Review of High Noon (1952)

By Broyax (884) on 29 Nov 2018

D'habitude, les westerns de cette époque, on s'en approche avec précaution et on les regarde avec parcimonie : ils en effet tendance (à…

Read Review

Review of Rio Bravo (1959)

By Kaseywol (2) on 17 Jul 2020

Pretty much garbage. I don't know why people once thought John Wayne was a good actor. Unrealistic overly long and brainless…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Promised Land

2012

58%561 Reviews

Assisted Living

2005

70%50 Reviews

Madea's Witness Protection

2012

53%477 Reviews

The Foot Fist Way

2006

59%581 Reviews

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

57%394 Reviews

Along Came Polly

2004

58%677 Reviews

The Gumball Rally

1976

59%74 Reviews

The Wrestler

2008

80%962 Reviews

Dark Star

1974

61%364 Reviews

The Commuter

2018

57%531 Reviews