Review of Promised Land (2012) by Matt C — 15 Apr 2013

A great film about the relationships of people, and moral conflict.

This review of Promised Land (2012) was written by Matt C on 15 Apr 2013.

Promised Land has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Harry W (1,900) on 17 May 2014

An interesting drama regarding a big company natural gas company named Global and how it wanted a small town u.s.a…

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By Emmanuel F (119) on 23 Dec 2014

Sujet interessant. Matt Damon touchant. Frances McDormand très bien aussi. Les personnages sont assez fouillés…

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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…

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By Audreythomas25 (176) on 17 Jan 2016

An engaging film about the dangers of fracking and the crass manipulation employed by its proponents…

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By Cd28498 (1) on 11 Apr 2016

This is a movie where basically a team from a large company comes in wants to buy land from a small town for their oil company's expansion…

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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 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 Jonathan B (2,317) on 08 Oct 2015

This is an earnest and pleasant enough movie from Gus Van Sant…

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By Filippo V (494) on 25 Aug 2016

A great cast with fun chemistry working with a script that's both preachy and contrived…

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By Tammy R (193) on 21 Feb 2017

Grade - C There's really nothing that special about this movie…

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