Review of Promised Land (2012) by Sage H — 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 at hand - natural gas, fracking, economically dying small communities and billion dollar corporations - while making its case is weird and never holds together.
Some of the characterization is lacking, there's a twist that is a bit of a hail marry, and it all makes the filmmakers' points a lot less clear and disjointed than it needed to be. But hey, at least Matt Damon and Frances McDormand are as predictably excellent as usual.
This review of Promised Land (2012) was written by Sage H on 19 Sep 2014.
Promised Land has generally received mixed reviews.
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