Los Angeles TimesThe original Texas Chainsaw Massacre leaves audiences feeling hollowed out, dispirited and dissolute. Texas Chainsaw 3D is s...
The New YorkerWhatever ambiguity the movie's core lacks is rebalanced at the surface; its organic textures are woven on a conspicuously sy...
Rolling StonePromised Land is a potent and powerful look at how the stressed economy is stressing farm communities across America. Direct...
New York Daily NewsThere's a lightness of touch here that makes its level-headed advocacy go down smooth as lager, and allows some quiet room f...
Chicago TribuneThe script is unconvincing; two key narrative twists, one related to the other, are deeply hokey.
The New York TimesPromised Land feels divided against itself, not quite sure how to reconcile its polemical intentions with its storytelling i...
The Boston GlobeIt's a fine line between interesting characters and Northern Exposure quirk, but the movie mostly stays on the right side of...
The Philadelphia InquirerPromised Land is a frustrating film to watch. It should be better than this, smarter than this.
Los Angeles TimesWhen you add in the plot contrivances that cluster around its finale, Promised Land concludes as an echo of a convincing fil...
Washington PostDespite their Everyman appeal, Damon and Krasinski don't create much by way of emotional investment, instead becoming mirror...
New York PostDamon wants to put you in Very Serious mode and have you think of "issue movies" like The China Syndrome, but all I could do...
San Francisco ChroniclePromised Land is a fine place to start appreciating Matt Damon, who always makes it seem as if everybody else is acting and ...
Entertainment WeeklyDamon and Krasinski co-wrote the script, and they do a nice job of giving the usual confrontations a gentle and surprising s...
ReelViewsIt's easy enough to label Promised Land as the "anti-fracking movie" because, ultimately, that's what it becomes.
JobloIn the end, PROMISED LAND achieves its aim of entertaining and informing- without ever getting preachy or dogmatic.
Hollywood ReporterA sympathetic but dramatically choppy look at a small town beset by an environmental choice.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writer: John Krasinski
Studio: Focus Features
Cast: Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand
Release: December 28, 2012
Writer: John Krasinski
Studio: Focus Features
Cast: Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand
Release: December 28, 2012
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