Review of Promised Land (2012) by Neil O — 05 Jan 2013

What a waste. Not worth the dollar when it reaches Redbox. Did a third grader write the screenplay? Matt Damon's worst role yet.

This review of Promised Land (2012) was written by Neil O on 05 Jan 2013.

Promised Land has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Sujith D (1) on 19 Jul 2014

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By Angelo Dean B (147) on 02 Jul 2014

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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…

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By Casey P (88) on 30 Mar 2016

Why couldnt it just end when john krasinski spilled his secret? it would have made for a better ending…

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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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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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