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Promised Land
Directed by
Gus Van Sant
R
2012
1h 46m
Drama
6.6
53%
46%
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A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
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Cast of Promised Land
Matt Damon
Steve Butler / Writer / Producer
Frances McDormand
Sue Thomason
John Krasinski
Dustin Noble / Writer / Producer
Rosemarie DeWitt
Alice
Hal Holbrook
Frank Yates
Titus Welliver
Rob
Lucas Black
Paul Geary
Tim Guinee
Drew
Scoot McNairy
Jeff Dennon
Terry Kinney
David Stonehill
Johnny Cicco
Donny
Sara Lindsey
Claire Allen
Lennon Wynn
Lemonade Girl
Rosemary Howard
Spanish Teacher
John W. Iwanonkiw
Officer Breedlove
Joe Fishel
Town Resident
Benjamin Sheeler
Attendant
Carla Bianco
Waitress
Joe Coyle
Michael Downey
Dorothy Silver
Arlene
Lexi Cowan
Drew's Girl
Kristin Slaysman
Gwen
Ken Strunk
Gerry Richards
Cain Alexander
Danny Thomason
Andrew Kuebel
6-Year-Old Boy
Karen Baum
Lynn
Lou Consolo
Towns person at rally (uncredited)
Gus Van Sant
Director
Chris Moore
Producer
Promised Land Ratings & Reviews
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
Ultimately, it comes down to the difference between narrative and advocacy, and advocacy (in most cases) isn't terribly dramatic.
Film Comment Magazine
Kent Jones
Damon and Krasinski's script isn't completely solid, but it follows a believably wayward path to a lovely, muted ending.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
[It's mostly] a well-wrought drama that feels genuine as it goes about spinning a tale worthy of our challenging times.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Promised Land is more effective as an anti-fracking screed than as a drama.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Promised Land doesn't offer great drama, nor does it offer the great debate on fracking that some viewers might have been hoping for. Yet, the film has lots of small moments that make it a worthy effort.
Detroit News
Tom Long
This isn't a movie about easy fixes, be they personal or political; it's a film about long-term problems.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
The 50/50 split between profiteers and tree-huggers might reflect the nation as a whole, but it makes for diluted drama.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Damon's performance as corporate salesman Steve Butler is one of his best.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Smart, sincere, and timely, with thoughtful, intelligent performances by everyone, until it goes completely off the rails at the end.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
A well-intentioned look at a fraught issue, but the Damon-Krasinski screenplay ultimately opts for Hollywood oversimplification.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
A love triangle involving the two men and a local schoolteacher (Rosemarie DeWitt) seems more like a commercial necessity than an integral part of the story, and the small-town types are indifferently realized by director Gus Van Sant.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Damon and Krasinski co-wrote the script, and they do a nice job of giving the usual confrontations a gentle and surprising spin.
MSN Movies
Glenn Kenny
One of several ways this ... picture falls short is in trying to sell a personal-salvation story as a salve to the conundrum it presents.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
"Promised Land" offers an experience that's alternately amusing and frustrating, full of impassioned earnestness as well as saggy sections.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
The movie threatens to become one of those late '60s/early '70s heavy-handed message movies, but it's somewhat salvaged by Damon's innate likability and the chemistry among the cast.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"Promised Land" is a fine place to start appreciating Matt Damon, who always makes it seem as if everybody else is acting and he's just going through the movie being natural.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Damon wants to put you in Very Serious mode and have you think of "issue movies" like "The China Syndrome," but all I could do was laugh and think of "Lolita."
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Despite their Everyman appeal, Damon and Krasinski don't create much by way of emotional investment, instead becoming mirror images of their most mild-mannered, white-bread selves.
NPR
Jeannette Catsoulis
Though the film eventually caves to sentiment and stereotype, its alert performances and muted rhythms offer much to enjoy in the interim.
TheWrap
Alonso Duralde
While there's no faulting the talent or good intentions of the people involved, however, they make the mistake of leaving out the spoonful of sugar, which makes the medicine get stuck in your throat. It's all message and very little movie.
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