Review of Promised Land (2012) by Laurent P — 01 Feb 2013

Total crap! Typical liberal anti-fracking movie.

This review of Promised Land (2012) was written by Laurent P on 01 Feb 2013.

Promised Land has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Jeffrey N (285) on 01 Oct 2014

A LITTLE SLOW , BUT A WARM DRAMA OF HOW A MAN DOES A FULL CIRCLE IN LIFE AND VALUES…

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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…

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By Ben R (1,048) on 25 Sep 2014

Nothing special here, other than acting the story was bad. I think when they were writing this movie they were drunk…

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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 06 Sep 2017

An interesting subject, a respected director, an impeccable direction, with an spectacular cinematography and pleasant music, Promised Land…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 02 May 2015

The road to movie hell is paved with good intentions…

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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 Tom D (1,091) on 25 Mar 2014

As far Eco-dramas go (well yes indeed) this is actually quite solid…

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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 Steve S (3,182) on 23 Sep 2015

Although well-intentioned, I don't think this movie came out as well as conceived. Great cast though. Classic man vs…

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By Serge L (642) on 18 Jul 2016

Promised Land sets up a clash of ideals between Matt Damon and John Krasinski but that never comes to fruition and instead tries to pull over…

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